roil /ˈrɔɪ(ə)l, ||ˈraɪ(ə)l/
(vt.)徹底攪拌,攪渾,使焦急(vi.)動盪
Roil, v. i.
1. To wander; to roam. [Obs.]
2. To romp. [Prov. Eng.]
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Roil v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roiled; p. pr. & vb. n. Roiling.]
1. To render turbid by stirring up the dregs or sediment of; as, to roil wine, cider, etc. , in casks or bottles; to roil a spring.
2. To disturb, as the temper; to ruffle the temper of; to rouse the passion of resentment in; to perplex.
That his friends should believe it, was what roiled him [Judge Jeffreys] exceedingly. --R. North.
Note: ☞ Provincial in England and colloquial in the United States. A commoner, but less approved, form is rile.
roil
v 1: be agitated; "the sea was churning in the storm" [syn: churn,
boil, moil]
2: make turbid by stirring up the sediments of [syn: rile]