ruffle
ruffle 英 [ˈrʌfl] 美 [ˈrʌfəl]
vt. 弄皱；触怒；扰乱；迅速翻动 vi. 起皱；烦恼；连续地轻敲 n. 皱褶；生气；混乱；连续轻敲声
进行时:ruffling 过去式:ruffled 过去分词:ruffled 第三人称单数:ruffles 名词复数:ruffles
- A ruffle a pleated piece of decorative fabric often used as trim on clothes, like the ruffles on a pirate’s shirt. To ruffle is to make someone lose their composure. Argh.
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- vt. 弄皱；触怒；扰乱；迅速翻动
- vi. 起皱；烦恼；连续地轻敲
- n. 皱褶；生气；混乱；连续轻敲声
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1. Nothing can ruffle her gentle disposition.
她的温和性格使她遇到任何事情都不会恼火。
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2. In Israel, job hunters have the option of including a headshot with their resumes, whereas that is customary in many European countries but taboo in the United States, ruffle said.
在以色列，求职者可以选择是否将照片贴到简历上，然而在很多欧洲国家这已经是惯例了，但是在美国这仍然是禁忌，莱夫说。
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3. She acknowledged that her remarks might ruffle some feathers at Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
她承认，她的言论可能会激怒美国加州山景城谷歌总部的一些人。
- ruffle (n.) "ornamental frill," 1707, from ruffle (v.).
- ruffle (v.) early 14c., "to disturb the smoothness of," perhaps from Old Norse hrufla "to scratch," or Low German ruffelen "to wrinkle, curl," both of unknown origin. Meaning "disarrange" (hair or feathers) first recorded late 15c.; sense of "annoy, distract" is from 1650s. Related: Ruffled; ruffling.
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