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Ruffle Word Unruffled Rʌfl Sudden Breeze Ruffled Surface

Front ruffle
Pron ['rʌfl]
Back 【RUFFLE】
A sudden breeze ruffled the surface of the calm lake.
一阵突来的轻风吹吹皱平静的湖面。
【重点词汇】
ruffle v. 弄皱, 弄绉
Vocab
rufflestir up (water) so as to form ripples

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.

The word ruffle is mysterious, but it might be from the Low German word ruffelen which means "to wrinkle." A ruffle on the bottom of a dress is like a fancy wrinkle. To ruffle someone is to upset them, and they’ll need to get straightened out. Often, this word is used in the expression "ruffle their feathers." Hearing bad news will ruffle most people's feathers. An unruffled person and an unruffled shirt will both be smoother.

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