n. 皱褶, 波纹, 生气, 混乱

vt. 弄皱, 触怒, 洗(牌), 连续轻擂(鼓)

vi. 起皱, 发脾气, 连续轻擂

Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, n. [See {Ruffle}, v. t. & i.]
1. That which is ruffled; specifically, a strip of lace,
cambric, or other fine cloth, plaited or gathered on one
edge or in the middle, and used as a trimming; a frill.

2. A state of being ruffled or disturbed; disturbance;
agitation; commotion; as, to put the mind in a ruffle.

3. (Mil.) A low, vibrating beat of a drum, not so loud as a
roll; -- called also {ruff}. --H. L. Scott.

4. (Zo["o]l.) The connected series of large egg capsules, or
o["o]thec[ae], of any one of several species of American
marine gastropods of the genus {Fulgur}. See {O["o]theca}.

{Ruffle of a boot}, the top turned down, and scalloped or
plaited. --Halliwell.


Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ruffled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ruffling}.] [From {Ruff} a plaited collar, a drum beat, a
tumult: cf. OD. ruyffelen to wrinkle.]
1. To make into a ruff; to draw or contract into puckers,
plaits, or folds; to wrinkle.

2. To furnish with ruffles; as, to ruffle a shirt.

3. To oughen or disturb the surface of; to make uneven by
agitation or commotion.

The fantastic revelries . . . that so often ruffled
the placid bosom of the Nile. --I. Taylor.

She smoothed the ruffled seas. --Dryden.

4. To erect in a ruff, as feathers.

[the swan] ruffles her pure cold plume. --Tennyson.

5. (Mil.) To beat with the ruff or ruffle, as a drum.

6. To discompose; to agitate; to disturb.

These ruffle the tranquillity of the mind. --Sir W.
Hamilton.

But, ever after, the small violence done
Rankled in him and ruffled all his heart.
--Tennyson.

7. To throw into disorder or confusion.

Where best
He might the ruffled foe infest. --Hudibras.

8. To throw together in a disorderly manner. [R.]

I ruffled up falen leaves in heap. --Chapman

{To ruffle the feathers of}, to exite the resentment of; to
irritate.


Ruffle \Ruf"fle\, v. i. [Perhaps of different origin from ruffle
to wrinkle; cf. OD. roffeln, roffen, to pander, LG. raffein,
Dan. ruffer a pimp. Cf. {Rufflan}.]
1. To grow rough, boisterous, or turbulent. [R.]

The night comes on, and the bleak winds
Do sorely ruffle. --Shak.

2. To become disordered; to play loosely; to flutter.

On his right shoulder his thick mane reclined,
Ruffles at speed, and dances in the wind. --Dryden.

3. To be rough; to jar; to be in contention; hence, to put on
airs; to swagger.

They would ruffle with jurors. --Bacon.

Gallants who ruffled in silk and embroidery. --Sir
W. Scott.