roil
verb[IorT]
mainlyUSuk/rɔɪl/us/rɔɪl/roilverb[I or T](TWIST)
to (causeto)movequicklyin atwistingcircularmovement:
搅动;翻滚,翻腾Fiercewindsroiled thesea.强风搅动着大海。
Amassivetowerofsmokeroiledskyward.一个巨大的烟柱翻腾上升着。
Bending, twisting and curving
- ball up
- bendy
- bent
- bowed
- buckle
- crook
- entwine
- flex
- flexion
- flexure
- fluted
- matted
- meander
- sinuous
- tortuously
- tortuousness
- true
- twiddly
- twine
- wring
roilverb[I or T](UPSET)
tocausesomething tostopworkingin theusualorexpectedway:
使…停止正常运作Fears about Japan roiledworldfinancialmarketslastweek.上个星期对日本的担忧让世界金融市场停止了正常运作。
Theimmigrationdebatehas roiled thecountryfor more than ayear.有关移民的辩论让国家一年多都没能正常运转。
Cancelling and interrupting
- adjourn
- adjourn tosomewhere
- arrest
- break
- callsomeone/somethingoff
- cancellable
- cut
- diversion
- halt
- in midstreamidiom
- kick
- kicksomethinginto touchidiom
- mothball
- rain
- scratch
- shut(something)off
- stop
- Zoom bomb
- Zoombomber
- Zoombombing
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