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riffle

/rif-uhl/US // ˈrɪf əl //UK // (ˈrɪfəl) //

涟漪,涟水,涟漪型,裂缝

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Definitions

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    rif·fled, rif·fling.

    • : to turn hastily; flutter and shift: to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book.
    • : Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
    • : to cause or become a riffle.
n.名词 noun
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    • : a rapid, as in a stream.
    • : a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
    • : Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum.
    • : a hopper for distributing bulk material.
    • : the act or method of riffling cards.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Examples

  • The river was low, but not fordable except at Coxe's Riffle, a few miles below Steubenville.

  • We might have made the riffle, I guess, if Denny hadn't played out and tumbled from his saddle.

  • He watched the two Lhari riffle through his papers with their odd pointed claws.

  • Riffle—A groove or strip to catch gold and mercury in a sluice.

  • I'll go in just below the riffle and explore the cellar-hole!