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- a small wave or series of waves on the surface of water, especially as caused by a slight breeze or an object dropping into it（尤指由微风或投入水中之物激起的）涟漪, 微波, 细浪。
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- a thing resembling such a wave or series of waves in appearance or movement波纹; 波动：
the sand undulated and was ridged with ripples.
沙呈波浪形, 凸起一道道波纹。
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- a gentle rising and falling sound, especially of laughter or conversation, that spreads through a group of people忽起忽落声, 轻柔起伏声（尤指人群中的笑声或谈话声）：
a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
笑声在房间里荡漾。
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- a particular feeling or effect that spreads through or to someone or something特殊感觉; 微小影响; 微小反响：
his words set off a ripple of excitement within her.
他的话引起她内心一阵轻微骚动。
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- Physics a wave on a fluid surface, the restoring force for which is provided by surface tension rather than gravity, and which consequently has a wavelength shorter than that corresponding to the minimum speed of propagation【物理】波纹, 表面张力波。
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- mass noun small periodic, usually undesirable, variations in electrical voltage superposed on a direct voltage or on an alternating voltage of lower frequency脉动, 波动。
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- mass noun a type of ice cream with wavy lines of coloured flavoured syrup running through it波纹冰淇淋（一种有彩色糖浆条纹的冰淇淋）：
a family block of raspberry ripple.
一个家庭装树莓波纹冰淇淋。
no obj.
1- (of water) form or flow with small waves on the surface（水）起涟漪; 起微波：
the Mediterranean rippled and sparkled
地中海波光粼粼
as adj. rippling the rippling waters.荡漾的湖水。
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- with obj. cause (the surface of water) to form small waves使（水面）起涟漪; 使起微波：
a cool wind rippled the surface of the estuary.
一阵凉风吹皱了河口水面。
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- move or cause to move in a way resembling such waves（使）波动; （使）呈波状：
no obj. fields of grain rippling in the wind在风中起伏波动的一片片谷地
with obj. which film star once rippled his biceps in Belfast?哪位电影明星曾经在贝尔法斯特鼓起了自己的二头肌？
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- no obj., with adverbial of direction(of a sound or feeling) spread through a person, group, or place（声音）轻轻荡漾; （感觉）传开：
applause rippled around the tables.
掌声从桌边荡漾开去。
派生词
ripplet
nounripply
adjective词源
late 17th cent. (as a verb)： of unknown origin.