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ruckle

US // (ˈrʌkəl) //

褶皱,褶裥,褶子,褶皱的

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Definitions

  1. 1
    • : British another word for ruck 2

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • It is not too much to say that almost every step of the weary sultry way was in pain, and I reached Ujiji a mere ruckle of bones.

  • Proceeding up the west coast of Tanganyika, he reached Ujiji on the 14th of March 1869, “a ruckle of bones.”

  • Except this cantering mutter and a death-ruckle on the bed all was still in the darkling room.

  • Suddenly, the dead silence struck me: my ear missed the "ruckle," and the occasional exclamations of delight.

  • Ruckle and Olmstead owned the portage on the south side of the river, and their steamer was the Wasco.