To push and rub someone's hair about so it ends up untidy. The classic picture is an adult ruffling a child's hair with one hand — a warm, affectionate gesture — and that gentleness is usually part of the word: you tousle a child's hair, or a lover's; you do not tousle an enemy's.

To push and rub someone's hair about把某人的頭髮撥弄、揉亂 so it ends up untidy讓它變得亂亂的 tousle就是這個動作. The classic picture典型的畫面 is an adult ruffling a child's hair with one hand是大人用一隻手揉亂小孩的頭髮 — a warm, affectionate gesture是個溫暖、疼愛的動作 — and而 that gentleness這份溫柔 is usually part of the word通常是這個字本身帶有的意思: you tousle a child's hair你會tousle小孩的頭髮 or a lover's或情人的頭髮 you do not tousle an enemy's但你不會tousle敵人的頭髮

Wind and sleep can do it too, with no hand involved: the sea breeze tousled her hair.

Wind and sleep風和睡覺 can do it too也可以做出這個效果 with no hand involved不需要任何人的手: the sea breeze tousled her hair海風把她的頭髮吹亂了

It is a soft, slightly literary word, much more common in novels and in writing about films or fashion than in daily conversation, where most people just say mess up or ruffle. You will actually meet the past participle tousled far more often than the plain verb.

It is a soft, slightly literary word它是個柔和、稍帶文學性的字 much more common常見得多 in novels and in writing about films or fashion是在小說和談電影、時尚的文章裡 than in daily conversation比日常對話常見 where那些場合裡 most people just say大部分人只會說 mess up or ruffle弄亂或ruffle. You will actually meet你其實會更常遇到 the past participle tousled過去分詞tousled far more often than the plain verb比原形動詞常見很多

Rhymes with the first part of 'thousand' — "TOW-zul".

Rhymes with跟...押韻 the first part of 'thousand''thousand'的前半部 — "TOW-zul"唸法是"TOW-zul"