单词 | ripple |
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音标 | ['ripl] |
解释 | v.起涟漪;n.细浪,涟漪 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v. 起涟漪(move in small waves) 【例】 She threw a stone into the pond and watched the ripples spread. |
字源 | ripple (v.) early 15c., "to crease;" 1660s, "to present a ruffled surface," of unknown origin, perhaps a frequentative of rip (v.). Transitive sense "cause to ripple" is from 1786. Related: Rippled; rippling. ripple (n.) "very small wave," 1798, from earlier meaning "stretch of shallow, rippling water" (1755), from ripple (v.). Meaning "mark or movement suggestive of a ripple" is from 1843. Meaning "ice cream streaked with colored syrup" first attested 1939, so called from its appearance. As the name of a brand of inexpensive wine sold by E&J Gallo Winery, from 1960 to 1984. Ripple effect is from 1950. |
不择手段背单词 | v. 起涟漪; n 小细浪; 涟漪 【记】ri日, pp屁屁, le乐: 太阳的屁屁乐了, 出现皱纹-起涟漪. |
趣味全助记 | 【记】rip 撕破 + 音:波,撕破平静的波面→涟漪,2个p表示阵阵的波;r发l的音:涟波 |
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