riffle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
    — They then proceeded below the milldam, where there was a strong riffle, with likely looking pools and eddies
  2. In seal engraving, a small metal disc at the end of a tool.
  3. A succession of small waves.
  4. A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
  5. A quick skim through the pages of a book.
  6. Synonym of riffle shuffle
  7. The sound made while shuffling cards.
动词 v.
  1. To flow over a swift, shallow part of a stream. intransitive
  2. To ruffle with a rippling action. transitive
  3. To skim or flick through the pages of a book. intransitive
  4. To leaf through rapidly. transitive
    — Near-synonym: rifle
  5. To shuffle playing cards by separating the deck in two and sliding the thumbs along the edges of the cards to mix the two parts. transitive
  6. To idly manipulate objects with the fingers. transitive
  7. To prepare samples of material using a riffler. transitive

词形变化

riffles plural riffles present,singular,third-person riffling participle,present riffled participle,past riffled past riffles plural

词汇关系

下位词
white water
衍生词
cheater riffle make the riffle riffle beetle riffle bug riffle shuffle riffly

词源

词源 1
Possible alteration of ruffle, from Middle English ruffelen, akin to Low German ruffelen (“to crumple”).
词源 2
From Danish [Term?] (“a groove”).
Compare rifle (“to score, to make grooves”) and the past participle riflet (“scored, grooved, rifled”), riffeln with the same meaning. Also see rifle (“a rifled gun”).
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