tousle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++tou·sle /ˈtaʊzəl/ verb [transitive] DCto make someone’s hair look untidy 弄乱〔头发〕→ See Verb table
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tousle• She was smiling out at him, her long blond hair tousled.• His hair was all tousled, a scarf round his neck, touching his braces.• Two great tousled blonde manes with platinum highlights.• Springing up, she smoothed back her tousled hair and hurriedly unbolted the door to Bethany smiling at her.• He could sec her troubled eyebrows, her tousled hair as she sat brooding about what might be happening in Rome.• Under the tousle of thick blond hair, he looks like a small child again.• Her hair, which Polly had thought a mess, might also have been described as gloriously tousled, ravishingly unkempt.• It would have been too similar to the accompanying picture featuring a slightly tousled Stafford kissing Celestine.Origin tousle (1400-1500) touse “to pull roughly” ((14-19 centuries))tou·sle verbChineseSyllable
look untidy Corpus to someone’s hair make
tousle
tou‧sle /ˈtaʊzəl/
verb [transitive]
tou‧sle /ˈtaʊzəl/
verb [transitive] Date: 1400-1500
Origin: touse 'to pull roughly' (14-19 centuries)
to make someone’s hair look untidy
Origin: touse 'to pull roughly' (14-19 centuries)