rumple是什么意思,rumple怎么用

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rumple

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📰 外刊例句

Her skin is rumpled and weathered . 她的皮肤皱巴巴的,饱经风霜。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to
[动词] 使……看起来皱巴巴的、蓬乱的或凌乱的


💡 深入解读

从拼写上来看, rumple 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)推送过的ample和trample有着相同结尾的单词,三者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看, rumple 一词词源不详,可能变体自名词 rimple (皱纹、褶皱),最早出现于17世纪后则是用作动词表示“弄皱、弄乱”或者说“使凌乱”,主要指使某个东西(尤其是织物)变得皱巴巴的、蓬乱的、凌乱的或不整齐的,但也可以指因喜爱而用手前后移动来抚弄或弄乱某人的头发

I leaned forward to rumple his hair, but he jerked out of the way.我探身过去抚弄他的头发,但他马上躲开了。

His hair was unkempt and filthy. The bed was also rumpled where he had slept.他的头发蓬乱污秽。床上他睡过的地方也是乱糟糟的。


📚 名著用例

Flesh yielded amid rumpled clothes. 在揉皱了的衣服里面,肉体彻头彻尾地屈服了。

— 出自《爱尔兰现代主义作家詹姆斯·乔伊斯(James Joyce)于1922年出版的长篇小说《尤利西斯》( Ulysses )。参见: 名著下载 | 尤利西斯(Ulysses)》


🔍 同近义词

  • crease: make a crease in (cloth or paper)
  • crumple: crush (something, typically paper or cloth) so that it becomes creased and wrinkled
  • wrinkle: form or become marked with lines or folds
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