The tops of the trees rippled in the breeze.

树冠在微风中婆娑摇曳。

A slight wind rippled the crops in the valley.

一阵微风吹过，山谷里的庄稼便随风起伏。

Tanya's hands rippled over the keyboard.

塔尼娅的双手在琴键上翻飞。

A chill shiver rippled over his skin.

他浑身打了个冷战。

A frisson of appre-hension rippled round the theatre.

剧场里顿时泛起一片疑惧。

The lake rippled gently.

湖面轻轻地泛起涟漪.

The wind rippled the surface of the cornfield.

微风吹过麦田,泛起一片麦浪.

The water rippled over the stones.

水从石头上流过,发出潺潺的声音.

Without words said, a wave of understanding rippled through the crowd.

不需要说什么话,群众都明白了, 好像一阵浪潮翻过去似的.

Down rippled the brown cascade.

那褐色的瀑布泼撒了下来.

The tide rippled the sand.

潮水在沙上留下了波洑沙纹.

A breeze rippled the water of the pond.

微风吹皱池水.

The breeze rippled the surface of the lake.

微风吹皱了湖面.

Laughter rippled through the hall.

大厅里荡漾着笑声.

The water rippled as the bird swam along.

当鸟儿游过时,水面泛起了波纹.

用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

1. The lake rippled gently.
   湖面轻轻地泛起涟漪。
2. The water rippled over the stones.
   水从石头上流过，发出潺潺的声音。

用作及物动词S+ ～+n./pron.

1. A boat rippled the waters.
   小船使水面泛起涟漪。
2. The wind rippled the surface of the cornfield.
   微风吹过麦田，泛起一片麦浪。

1. Ripples quivered across the surface of the pool.
   池水面上轻轻地泛起涟漪。
2. The moon danced on the ripples.
   月亮在涟漪上舞动。
3. The sea leaves ripples on the sand.
   海水在沙滩上留下了波痕。
4. I heard the ripple of the stream.
   我听到了小溪的潺潺声。

• ripple effect连锁反应
• ripple amplifier脉动放大器
• ripple weld鳞状焊缝
• ripple factor波纹系数,波纹因数,...
• ripple noise波纹电压噪声...
• ripple filter脉动滤波器
• sand ripple(因浪、风或潮水等形...
• ripple frequency波纹频率,脉动频率,...
• pulse ripple脉冲纹波,脉冲波动,...
• ripple voltage脉动电压,波纹电压...
• tooth ripple齿纹波,齿形波纹...
• ripple quantity脉动值,涟波值,波纹...
• voltage ripple电压纹波,电压脉动...
• percentage ripple脉动百分数
• weld ripple焊缝波纹
• ripple mark波痕
• ripple counter[电] 纹波计数器...
• slot ripple槽脉动,线槽脉动...
• ripple current波纹电流,波纹电流弱...
• ripple control[电] 脉动控制...

• Like a pebble dropped into a pond, spreading its ripples.

  出自：A. Koestler

• The..budget cuts might have produced a ripple of no confidence across the private sector.

  出自：Economist

• The young barley rippling for miles in the sun.

  出自：A. B. Edwards

• The sea was rippling faintly,..lines of green and blue..beginning to stripe it.

  出自：V. Woolf

n.(名词)

ripple, breaker, roller, wave

这四个词都有“波浪”的意思,其区别是：

wave指任何波浪,尤指海浪; ripple指细流、涟漪; roller指大浪或起伏的巨浪; breaker指大浪冲岸后的浪花。试比较下面的句子：

The little boat vanished beneath the waves.

小船被海浪吞没。

There is scarcely a ripple on the lake.

湖面上风平浪静,涟漪不兴。

Huge rollers broke on the beach.

巨浪冲上沙滩。

His favorite sport is riding the breakers in.

他最喜欢的运动是冲浪。

wave，ripple，surge

这些名词均有“波浪、浪、波涛”之意。

wave普通用词，指水面上移动的任何具有峰谷皱形的波动，尤指距离相等的波浪，也比喻任何类似的物体。

ripple多指微风吹过水面或石头投入水中所激起的涟漪或细浪。

surge词义较模糊，泛指巨浪、波涛或作比喻使用。