transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪp(ə)l ]
( ripples, rippling, rippled)
1.
Ripples are little waves on the surface of water caused by the wind or by something moving in or on the water.
N-COUNT
2.
When the surface of an area of water ripples or when something ripples it, a number of little waves appear on it.
You throw a pebble in a pool and it ripples...
I could see the dawn breeze rippling the shining water.
VERB : V , V n
3.
If something such as a feeling ripples over someone’s body, it moves across it or through it. ( LITERARY )
A chill shiver rippled over his skin.
VERB : V prep
4.
If an event causes ripples , its effects gradually spread, causing several other events to happen one after the other.
The ripples of Europe’s currency crisis continue to be felt in most of the member states...
N-COUNT : usu pl , with supp