詞彙精選：ripple的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
波紋，漣漪
例句：
The pebble make a ripple on the surface of the lake.
石子在湖面上激起一個漣漪。
例句：
It's no more than a ripple.
這僅僅是一道波紋。
連鎖反應，漣漪效應
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着大多數的成員國。
例句：
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。
漣波聲，潺潺聲
例句：
I heard the ripple of the stream.
我聽到小河流水的潺潺聲。
例句：
She lay on the bank, listening to the ripple of the stream.
她躺在河岸上，聽着小河的潺潺流水聲。
v.
（使）泛起漣漪 [I,T]
例句：
You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples.
往池塘裏扔塊鵝卵石就會激起一片漣漪。
例句：
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。
在…上形成波痕 [T]
例句：
A breeze ripple the surface of the sea.
微風使海面水波盪漾。
例句：
The tide rippled the sand.
潮水在沙上留下了波洑沙紋。
發出潺潺聲 [I]
例句：
The water rippled over the stones.
水在石頭上潺潺流淌。
例句：
We lay on a long, flat rock, while the shallow water rippled over us.
我們躺在一塊長長的平石上，淺淺的涼水在我們身上潺潺流過。
（使）呈波狀起伏 [I,T]
例句：
A slight wind rippled the crops in the valley.
一陣微風吹過，山谷裏的莊稼便隨風起伏。
例句：
The tops of the trees rippled in the breeze.
樹冠在微風中婆娑搖曳。
二、詞義辨析：
wave,ripple,surge
這些名詞均有“波浪、浪、波濤”之意。wave普通用詞，指水面上移動的任何具有峯谷皺形的波動，尤指距離相等的波浪，也比喻任何類似的物體。ripple多指微風吹過水麪或石頭投入水中所激起的漣漪或細浪。surge詞義較模糊，泛指巨浪、波濤或作比喻使用。
三、相關短語：
ripple mark
n. 波痕
四、參考例句：
I heard the ripple of the stream.
我聽到小河流水的潺潺聲。
The small ripple split upon the beach.
小小的漣漪捲來，碎在沙灘上。
A ripple reaches the distant bank.
一個漣漪到達了彼岸。
A breeze ripple the surface of the sea.
微風使海面水波盪漾。
The pebble make a ripple on the surface of the lake.
石子在湖面上激起一個漣漪。
She lay on the bank, listening to the ripple of the stream.
她躺在河岸上，聽着小河的潺潺流水聲。
The pebble made a ripple on the surface of the lake.
石子在湖面上激起一個漣漪。
Now the ripple effect is occurring unusually fast for some commodities.
對某些大宗商品而言，這種漣漪效應正異常迅速地得以體現。
Only a very slight and very scattered ripple of halfhearted hand-clapping greeted him.
歡迎他的只有幾下零零落落輕輕的掌聲。
The horror scenario envisaged a Hungarian banking collapse that would ripple back into the rest of Europe and then around the world.
一種恐怖場景預測,匈牙利銀行業崩潰,波及歐洲其它地區,然後蔓延至全球。
