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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++rum·ple /ˈrʌmpəl/ verb [transitive]  UNTIDYto make hair, clothes etc less tidy 把〔头发、衣服等〕弄乱,弄皱 He rumpled her hair playfully. 他开玩笑地拨弄她的头发。rumpled adjective the slightly rumpled bed 稍有凌乱的床 a rumpled linen suit 皱巴巴的亚麻套装→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
rumpleA rumpled bed is wedged behind the seats.Unlike the rest of us, he was not wearing a rumpled flight suit.The white sheet was rumpled from her restless tossing, her book flung to the floor.She felt a fool, lying on the floor with her skirt rumpled over her knees.He wore an expensive-looking dark suit, but so creased and rumpled that it hung oddly even from this distance.And he liked her like this, when she was rumpled with sleep and undefended by make-up.My inappropriate clothes, my rumpled yen, even the wobbly fusuma all seemed to signal how out of place I was.
Origin rumple (1500-1600) Dutch rompelen
rum·ple verbChineseSyllable
Corpus make hair, less tidy etc to clothes


rumple
rumple /ˈrʌmpəl/ verb [transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Dutch
 Origin: rompelen
to make hair, clothes etc less tidy:
    He rumpled her hair playfully.
—rumpled adjective:
    the slightly rumpled bed
    a rumpled linen suit


rum·pleBrE /ˈrʌmpl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈrʌmpl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they rumple BrE /ˈrʌmpl/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrʌmpl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it rumples BrE /ˈrʌmplz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrʌmplz/ 🔊past simple rumpled BrE /ˈrʌmpld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrʌmpld/ 🔊past participle rumpled BrE /ˈrʌmpld/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrʌmpld/ 🔊 -ing form rumpling BrE /ˈrʌmplɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈrʌmplɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth to make sth untidy or not smooth and neat 弄皱;弄乱She rumpled his hair playfully. 她顽皮地弄乱他的头发。🔊🔊The bed was rumpled where he had slept. 床上他睡过的地方有皱痕。🔊🔊