ripple

1. N-COUNT Ripples are little waves on the surface of water caused by the wind or by something moving in or on the water. 漣漪

Gleaming ripples cut the lake's surface. 閃著微光的漣漪打破了湖麪的平靜。

2. V-T/V-I When the surface of an area of water ripples or when something ripples it, a number of little waves appear on it. 使泛起漣漪; 泛起漣漪

You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples. 你把卵石扔進水池裡，水麪就泛起漣漪。

3. V-I If something such as a feeling ripples over someone's body, it moves across it or through it. (感覺等) 擴散全身[文學性]

A chill shiver rippled over his skin. 一陣寒顫傳遍了他全身。

4. N-COUNT If an event causes ripples, its effects gradually spread, causing several other events to happen one after the other. 連鎖反應

If Brazil defaults on its foreign debt, it will cause ripples throughout the world. 如果巴西不還外債的話，這將在全世界引起連鎖反應。

5. N a special kind of comb designed to separate the seed from the stalks in flax, hemp, or broomcorn 麻梳(用來梳除亞麻莖、棕櫚或高粱上籽的粗鋼梳)

6. V to comb with this tool (用麻梳)梳理