rile
verb/raɪl/
/raɪl/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they rile | /raɪl/ /raɪl/ |
| he / she / it riles | /raɪlz/ /raɪlz/ |
| past simple riled | /raɪld/ /raɪld/ |
| past participle riled | /raɪld/ /raɪld/ |
| -ing form riling | /ˈraɪlɪŋ/ /ˈraɪlɪŋ/ |
- rile somebody | it riles somebody that… to annoy somebody or make them angry
惹恼；激怒 - Nothing ever seemed to rile him.
好像从来没有什么事让他烦恼。 - She regretted at once that she had let herself become riled.
她发过脾气后立刻就后悔了。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: variant of roil, of the same meaning. - Nothing ever seemed to rile him.
Idioms
be/get (all) riled up
- (especially North American English, informal) to be or get very annoyed
十分生气；恼火