tousle

🇬🇧 UK/'tauzl/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To make hair or clothing untidy and disordered; to rumple or dishevel.

弄乱(头发或衣物);使蓬乱

n.

A tangled or disordered mass, especially of hair.

乱发;杂乱蓬松的状态

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
tousleother
=tousle

Common Collocations

  • 1.tousled hair蓬乱的头发
  • 2.[tousled appearance]邋遢的外表
  • 3.tousle someone's hair揉乱某人的头发
  • 4.[wind-tousled]被风吹乱的

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She woke up with her hair completely tousled after a restless night.

  • 2.

    He affectionately tousled his nephew's hair after the boy scored a goal.

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