rivel

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹɪvəl/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A wrinkle; a rimple. obsolete
    — It wanteth the due parching and ripening against the sunne: and by that meanes commeth short of the rivels and blacknesse that the outlandish pepper hath.
  2. A kind of small dumpling made from egg and wheat flour, often eaten in soup, especially among the Pennsylvania Dutch and other Germans. US
动词 v.
  1. To shrivel, wrinkle (up). intransitive
  2. To cause to be wrinkled, to shrivel. transitive
    — they crucify the soul of man, attenuate our bodies, dry them, wither them, rivel them up like old apples, make them as so many anatomies […]

词形变化

rivels present,singular,third-person riveling US,participle,present rivelling UK,participle,present riveled US,participle,past riveled US,past rivelled UK,participle,past rivelled UK,past rivels plural rivels plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English rivelen, from Old English rifelan, riflian (“to wrinkle”), from a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *ribjōną (“to wrap; wind; roll; twist; coil”), equivalent to rive + -el (frequentative suffix). Related to Old Norse rifja (“to rake (hay) into rows or furrows”).
词源 2
Probably from (Pennsylvania German, from) Palatine Rhine Franconian Riwwel, Ribbel, Riebel (compare Volga German Rievel, Ribel, Riebel).
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