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riffle

🇬🇧 UK/'rifl/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

v.

To flick quickly through the pages of a book; to shuffle cards by interleaving two halves; to flow over a shallow stream bed

快速翻阅；弹牌洗牌；（水）潺潺流过浅滩

n.

A shallow, fast-flowing part of a stream with broken water; a ripple

浅滩，急流；涟漪

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
riffleother
=riffle

Common Collocations

  • 1.riffle through pages快速翻阅书页
  • 2.riffle a deck of cards弹牌洗牌
  • 3.[riffle through papers]快速翻找文件
  • 4.riffle the cards洗牌

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She riffled through the pages of the report, looking for the key figures.

  • 2.

    The dealer riffled the cards with practiced ease before dealing a new hand.

  • 3.

    A shallow stream riffled over smooth pebbles at the edge of the forest.

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