roil
verb /rɔɪl/
/rɔɪl/
- [transitive] (North American English) (also rile British and North American English)roil somebody to annoy somebody or make them angry
惹恼;激怒 - [intransitive, transitive] (literary) (of a liquid, cloud, surface, etc.) to move quickly and violently in different directions; to make a liquid, cloud, surface, etc. move quickly and violently in different directions
(使)动荡,翻腾;搅动 - The waves roiled and crashed up against the side of the ship.
波浪翻滚着,撞在船的侧面。 - The clouds roiled above in the dark sky.
乌云在夜空中翻滚。 - roil something Winds often roil the sea here.
这里经常刮风。 - (figurative) The collapse of the mortgage sector has roiled markets.
按揭贷款业崩溃搅乱了市场。 - The minister was accused of roiling the political waters.
部长被指控搅乱政治局势。
- The waves roiled and crashed up against the side of the ship.