Skip to main content
EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

rippling

/rip-uhl/US // ˈrɪp əl //UK // (ˈrɪpəl) //

涟漪,波纹状,波纹状的,涟漪状

Related Words

undulation起伏,波动,起伏不平,波状rush匆匆忙忙,匆匆忙忙的,匆忙中,匆匆忙忙地swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀surge激增,浪涌,澎湃,汹涌澎湃tide潮汐,潮流,潮水,潮流趋势fold折叠,褶皱,折,折痕billow大浪,大浪淘沙,波浪,波涛汹涌curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发breaker破碎机,断路器,破产者,破碎器crest徽章,峰顶,徽记,鸡冠line线,行,路线,线条furrow沟沟壑壑,犁沟,沟沟坎坎,棱棱角角rippling涟漪,波纹状,波纹状的,涟漪状whitecap白帽,白帽子,白头翁,白浪swish挥动,唰,挥舞,摆动quiver颤抖,颤动,颤抖吧,抖动palpitate悸动,悸动着,悸动不安,惊悸undulate波状,波状的,波动,起伏flow流动,流动性,流,流动的vibrate震动,振动,震荡,震撼

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rip·pled, rip·pling.

    • : to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
    • : to flow with a light rise and fall or ruffling of the surface.
    • : to form or have small undulations, ruffles, or folds.
    • : to undulate or rise and fall in tone, inflection, or magnitude.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    rip·pled, rip·pling.

    • : to form small waves or undulations on; agitate lightly.
    • : to mark as if with ripples; give a wavy form to.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a small wave or undulation, as on water.
    • : any similar movement or appearance; a small undulation or wave, as in hair.
    • : a small rapid.
    • : Geology. ripple mark.
    • : a sound, as of water flowing in ripples: a ripple of laughter.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbwave
Synonyms
coil线圈,卷材,盘管,卷轴curl卷曲,鬈毛,鬈鬈,鬈发flow流动,流动性,流,流动的fluctuate变幻莫测,摇摆不定,摇摆不定的,波动flutter扑腾,飘扬,飘动,翩翩起舞motion动议,动,动动,动动嘴oscillate摇摆不定,摆动,摇摆不定的,摆动的palpitate悸动,悸动着,悸动不安,惊悸pulsate脉动,脉动式,跳动,脉冲式quiver颤抖,颤动,颤抖吧,抖动splash溅起的水花,泼水,溅起,溅射stir搅动,搅拌,挑动,搅动了surge激增,浪涌,澎湃,汹涌澎湃sway摇摆,动摇,摇摆不定,摇晃swell肿胀,胀大,膨胀,胀swish挥动,唰,挥舞,摆动undulate波状,波状的,波动,起伏vacillate摇摆不定,游移不定,徘徊不前,游移vibrate震动,振动,震荡,震撼

Examples

  • Those ripples are called gravitational waves, or sometimes gravity waves.

  • In the United States, the news that Kai Sotto, the 65th-ranked player in the high school class of 2020, would be joining the NBA’s G League caused barely a ripple.

  • To look past the line-item spending and into the core concern — the economic price tag thrust onto society and its ripple effects.

  • If vCA1 cells are the tiny ripples after throwing a rock into water, then the additional wave circuit around them are the rippling waves.

  • Add gravitons into the mix, however, and you add a new motion on top of the usual ripples in space-time.

  • Analysts interpreted it as an immediate ripple effect of the newly established US-Cuban détente.

  • And sending Cary to prison has a ripple effect for all of these characters.

  • Playing in her yard one day, she saw “a ripple, a disturbance of the air … My first thought is that I have seen the devil.”

  • The heat creates mirages with waves that ripple through the air.

  • There was a ripple of assent in the crowd as the word spread.

  • This was said with a comical air of doubt, and a half smile, which sent a ripple of laughter over the charming face.

  • All was silent; a fresh breeze swept over the clear lake whose every ripple had the gracious curve of a smile.

  • He thought he heard the ripple of waves on a sunlit shore, and of wide-spreading trees which grew close to the edge of the sea.

  • Suddenly it ceased raining; and, looking about them, they saw that the lake was perfectly quiet—not a ripple could be seen.

  • You see that there the ocean tides and the currents of the river meet and cause a constant ripple.

Level 9Browse all words →