ripple
US: /ˈɹɪpəɫ/
UK: /ɹˈɪpəl/
UK: /ɹˈɪpəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ripple /'ripl/
- danh từ
- sự gợn sóng lăn tăn (làn tóc, dải ruy băng...)
- tiếng rì rầm; tiếng róc rách
- a ripple of conversation: tiếng nói chuyện rì rầm
- the ripple of the brook: tiếng róc rách của dòng suối
- nội động từ
- gợn sóng lăn tăn (làn tóc, mặt nước)
- rì rầm; róc rách
- soft laughter rippled next door: nhà bên có tiếng cười rì rầm khe khẽ
- the brook is rippling: suối róc rách
- ngoại động từ
- làm cho gợn sóng lăn tăn
- làm cho rì rào khẽ lay động
- a zephyr ripples the foliage: cơn gió thoảng làm lá cây khẽ rì rào lay động
- danh từ
- (nghành dệt) máy chải (sợi lanh để gỡ hết hột)
- (nghành dệt) máy chải (sợi lanh để gỡ hết hột)
- ngoại động từ
- chải (lanh) bằng máy chải
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a small wave on the surface of a liquid, especially water in a lake, etc: The air was so still that there was hardly a ripple on the pond's surface.
2 a thing that looks or moves like a small wave
3 [usually sing.] ~ of sth a sound that gradually becomes louder and then quieter again: a ripple of applause / laughter
4 [usually sing.] ~ of sth a feeling that gradually spreads through a person or group of people: A ripple of fear passed through him. + The announcement sent a ripple of excitement through the crowd. + Her visit caused no more than a ripple of interest.
+ verb
1 to move or to make sth move in very small waves: [V] The sea rippled and sparkled. + rippling muscles + [VN] The wind rippled the wheat in the fields.
2 [V +adv./prep.] (of a feeling, etc.) to spread through a person or a group of people like a wave: A gasp rippled through the crowd.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 wavelet, wave, ruffle, ruffling, cat's-paw, purl, purling, undulation, US riffle, riffling:
There wasn't even the slightest breath of air to cause a ripple on the mirror-like surface of the lake
2 (slight) disturbance, upset, perturbation, agitation, flurry, flutter, suggestion, hint, soupçon:
The divorce occasioned only a ripple of dissent in the royal family.
v.
3 ruffle, purl, undulate, wave; splash, wash, US riffle:
I sat musing, watching the water ripple over the stones in the brook.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
little, small
VERB + RIPPLE
cause, set off
The decision caused ripples of concern among the parents.
| send
I dropped the pebble in the water, sending ripples across the pond. His remarks sent a ripple of laughter through the audience.
| feel
He felt a small ripple of fear pass through him.
RIPPLE + VERB
pass/run through sb/sth | spread (across) sth
He watched the ripples spread across the pool.
RIPPLE + NOUN
effect
PREP.
~ of
A ripple of unease passed through her.
ADV.
gently, smoothly, softly
PREP.
across
Small waves rippled gently across the pond.
| through
Shock rippled through her.
Concise English dictionary
ripples|rippled|rippling'rɪpl
noun
+a small wave on the surface of a liquid
+(electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value
verb
+stir up (water) so as to form ripples
+flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise
