ripple
noun
uk/ˈrɪp.əl/us/ˈrɪp.əl/[C]
asmallwaveon thesurfaceofwater:
涟漪；微波；细浪Thestoneshethrewcausedripples tospreadacrossthelake.她扔了一块石头，湖面泛起阵阵涟漪。
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asoundorfeelingthatspreadsthrough apersonorgroupofpeople,graduallyincreasingand thenbecomingsmaller:
（声音的）传播起伏；（感情的）逐渐扩散A rippleoflaughter/applause, etc.ranthrough thecrowd.人群中响起一阵阵笑声／掌声等。
A rippleofexcitement/unease, etc.flowedup herspine.一阵激动／不安等顺着脊背传遍了她全身。
News of thewarhardlycauseda ripple(=peopleshowedlittleinterest).战争爆发的消息几乎没有引起任何反响。
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plainicecreamwiththinlinesof otherflavoursin it:
彩条冰激凌raspberryripple山莓彩条冰激凌
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Waves
- bore
- breaker
- choppy
- comber
- crest
- dumper
- heavy
- lap
- overfall
- rough
- roughness
- spume
- standing wave
- surf
- tidal wave
- tsunami
- wake
- wave
- white horses
- whitecaps
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ripple
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈrɪp.əl/us/ˈrɪp.əl/to (causeto)moveinsmallwaves:
（使）起涟漪；（使）如波浪般起伏Thebreezerippled thewater.微风在水面吹起阵阵涟漪。
Hismusclesrippled under hisskin.他皮肤下的肌肉一条条凸起。
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- brandish
- flap
- flourish
- fluffsomethingup
- jitter
- joggle
- pulse
- rocky
- shakiness
- shimmy
- stir
- stirsomethingup
- sweep
- teeter
- thrashing
- wag
- wobble
- wobbler
- wobbly
- worry atsomething
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Movement of liquids