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riffle

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rif·fle /ˈrɪfəl/ (also riffle through) verb [transitive]  READto move and quickly look at pieces of paper or the pages of a book, magazine etc 快速翻阅〔纸张、书、杂志等〕 flip through He riffled through the papers on his desk. 他迅速翻阅了桌上的文件。→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
riffleI riffle through my Esquire, practically ripping the pages out at the seam.Miss Honey had seated herself at her table and was riffling through some papers.Harry riffled through the comics.Blackbirds have been riffling through the feather moss, plucking out chunks and scattering it about like bright green mattress stuffing.She had to riffle through the pages of her notebook to find the number, which she had only rarely used.Good manners forbade you to riffle through the pile, lift the layers until you found one you liked the look of.Some people are lucky enough to see the condors within ten feet here; to hear the wind riffling through their feathers.
Origin riffle (1700-1800) Perhaps from ripple + ruffle
rif·fle verbChineseSyllable
and pieces Corpus paper of quickly look to at move


riffle
riffle /ˈrɪfəl/ (also riffle through) verb [transitive]
 Date: 1700-1800
 Origin: Perhaps from ripple + ruffle
to move and quickly look at pieces of paper or the pages of a book, magazine etc ⇨ flip through:
    He riffled through the papers on his desk.


rif·fleBrE /ˈrɪfl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrɪfl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they riffle BrE /ˈrɪfl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrɪfl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it riffles BrE /ˈrɪflz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrɪflz/ 🔊past simple riffled BrE /ˈrɪfld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrɪfld/ 🔊past participle riffled BrE /ˈrɪfld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrɪfld/ 🔊 -ing form riffling BrE /ˈrɪflɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrɪflɪŋ/ 🔊 [intransitive, transitive] to turn over papers or the pages of a book quickly and without reading them all 迅速翻动(纸张或书页) SYN leaf ~ through sth He was riffling through the papers on his desk. 他很快地翻着他桌上的文件。🔊🔊~ sth to riffle the pages of a book随意翻动书页