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波紋;漣漪;細浪
Ripples are little waves on the surface of water caused by the wind or by something moving in or on the water.
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(使)泛起漣漪;(使)泛起細浪
When the surface of an area of water ripples or when something ripples it, a number of little waves appear on it.
例句
You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples...
往池塘里扔塊鵝卵石就會激起一片漣漪。
I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water.
我能看見黎明的微風在波光粼粼的水面上吹出道道漣漪。
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V-ERG
(植物等)如波浪起伏;（使）呈波狀起伏
When the wind ripples plants or trees or when they ripple, they move in a wave-like motion.
例句
A slight wind rippled the crops in the valley...
一陣微風吹過，山谷里的莊稼便隨風起伏。
The tops of the trees rippled in the breeze.
樹冠在微風中婆娑搖曳。
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VERB
(感覺)傳開，傳遍
If something such as a feeling ripples over someone's body, it moves across it or through it.
例句
A chill shiver rippled over his skin.
他渾身打了個冷戰。
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(事情引起的)連鎖反應，漣漪作用
If an event causes ripples, its effects gradually spread, causing several other events to happen one after the other.
例句
The ripples of Europe's currency crisis continue to be felt in most of the member states...
歐洲貨幣危機引起的連鎖反應仍在影響著大多數的成員國。
The problems of the auto industry have created economic ripples through the rest of the economy as well.
汽車業的問題造成其他行業也出現了經濟上的連鎖反應。