亚洲网紅露点

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riffle

[ rif-uhl ]

verb (used with or without object)

riffled, riffling.
  1. to turn hastily; flutter and shift:

    to riffle a stack of letters; to riffle through a book.

  2. Cards. to shuffle by dividing the deck in two, raising the corners slightly, and allowing them to fall alternately together.
  3. to cause or become a riffle.


noun

  1. a rapid, as in a stream.
  2. a ripple, as upon the surface of water.
  3. Mining. the lining of transverse bars or slats on the bed of a sluice, arranged so as to catch heavy minerals, as gold or platinum.
  4. a hopper for distributing bulk material.
  5. the act or method of riffling cards.

riffle

/ 藞谤瑟蹿蓹濒 /

verb

  1. whenintr, often foll by through to flick rapidly through (the pages of a book, magazine, etc), esp in a desultory manner
  2. to shuffle (playing cards) by halving the pack and flicking the adjacent corners together
  3. to make or become a riffle
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

    1. a rapid in a stream
    2. a rocky shoal causing a rapid
    3. a ripple on water
  1. mining a contrivance on the bottom of a sluice, containing transverse grooves for trapping particles of gold
  2. the act or an instance of riffling
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 耻苍路谤颈蹿顎僨濒别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of riffle1

1630鈥40; blend of ripple 1 and ruffle 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of riffle1

C18: probably from ruffle 1, influenced by ripple 1
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He riffled through his backpack and divvied up a few nugs from his florid personal stash, a welcome gift to the West Coast.

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They returned to her office, and while Mother tried to figure out what was happening, Dr. Cooper riffled through a filing cabinet, mumbling to herself.

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The songs often morph through multiple changes of tempo and texture, riffling unpredictably through indie-rock austerity, orchestral lushness, pop perkiness and hallucinatory electronic studio concoctions, like the cascade of wavery, overlapping piano lines in 鈥淐onnect.鈥

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Ella riffled through her satchel and retrieved a book almost the size of her.

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Even after the Christmas rush, the aisles were packed with Asian customers riffling through racks of Ohtani jerseys and T-shirts featuring his caricature, his name stamped with Japan鈥檚 red sun symbol or the 鈥淪HO-TIME鈥 logo.

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