riffle
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 浅滩，急流，涟漪，弹洗
- vt.
- 使起涟漪，迅速翻阅，弹洗洗牌
- vi.
- 成涟漪，飞快翻书
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 ruffelen
词源说明
Possible alteration of ruffle, from Middle English ruffelen, akin to Low German ruffelen (“to crumple”).
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- A swift, shallow part of a stream causing broken water.
- A succession of small waves.
- (mining) A trough or sluice having cleats, grooves, or steps across the bottom for holding quicksilver and catching particles of gold when auriferous earth is washed. Also one of the cleats, grooves or steps in such trough.
- A quick skim through the pages of a book.
- Synonym of riffle shuffle
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 源自 ←丹麦语 “a groove”
词源说明
From Danish [Term?] (“a groove”).
Compare rifle (“to score, to make grooves”) and the past participle riflet (“scored, grooved, rifled”), riffeln with the same meaning. Also see rifle (“a rifled gun”).