資料來源 : pyDict
徹底攪拌,攪渾,使焦急動蕩
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Roil \Roil\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roiled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Roiling}.] [Cf. OE. roilen to wander; possibly fr. OF.
roeler to roll, equiv. to F. rouler. See {Roll}, v., and cf.
{Rile}.]
1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of;
as, to roil wine, cider, etc., in casks or bottles; to
roil a spring.
2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to
rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
That his friends should believe it, was what roiled
him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North.
Note: Provincial in England and colloquial in the United
States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
Roil \Roil\, v. i.
1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]
2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
資料來源 : WordNet®
roil
v 1: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: {churn},
{boil}, {moil}]
2: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of [syn: {rile}]