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GRE
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》 - But, by day’s end on Friday, Mr. Trump appeared haggard and rumpled, his gait off-center, his eyes blank.
但到了周五一天结束时,特朗普却显得憔悴、凌乱、步态不正、眼神茫然。
——《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。比如:
- 我探身过去抚弄他的头发,但他马上躲开了。
I leaned forward to rumple his hair, but he jerked out of the way. - 他的头发蓬乱污秽。床上他睡过的地方也是乱糟糟的。
His hair was unkempt and filthy. The bed was also rumpled where he had slept.
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