- 1泰然自若的、鎮定的、不慌不忙的。帶讚許語氣，形容別人都慌了他還很穩。也可形容湖面平靜無波。
Calm when things around you are not. To ruffle something is to disturb its smooth surface — wind ruffles the feathers of a bird, a hand ruffles a child's hair, and water gets ruffled into little . So `unruffled` says: the surface stayed smooth. Nothing got stirred up.
Calm冷靜的 when things around you are not而周圍的事情並不冷靜. To ruffle something讓某個東西ruffle是 is to disturb its smooth surface擾亂它平滑的表面 wind ruffles the feathers of a bird風吹亂鳥的羽毛 a hand ruffles a child's hair手把小孩的頭髮弄亂 and water gets ruffled into little waves水面被吹出小小的波紋. So `unruffled` says所以unruffled的意思是 the surface stayed smooth表面維持平滑. Nothing got stirred up沒有什麼被攪動.
We use it about people in trouble, and it is a compliment. A teacher stays unruffled when the class turns noisy; a doctor stays unruffled when the patient panics.
We use it about people in trouble我們用它來形容處於困境中的人 and it is a compliment而且是一種讚美. A teacher老師 stays unruffled when the class turns noisy在班上吵鬧時還是很鎮定 a doctor醫生 stays unruffled when the patient panics在病人恐慌時還是很鎮定.
The praise inside the word is not just 'she was calm', it is 'other people would have been shaken, and she was not'. That is why it needs a difficulty nearby to make sense — 'she sat unruffled at home reading' is odd, because nothing was trying to ruffle her.
The praise inside the word這個字裡的讚美 is not just 'she was calm'不只是「她很冷靜」 it is 'other people would have been shaken, and she was not'而是「換作別人早就慌了，她卻沒有」. That is why it needs a difficulty nearby to make sense這就是為什麼它旁邊需要有個困境才說得通 'she sat unruffled at home reading' is odd「她在家看書時unruffled」聽起來很怪 because nothing was trying to ruffle her因為根本沒有什麼在擾亂她.
It is a slightly literary, slightly word — you meet it more in novels and news writing than in daily speech, where people say 'she stayed cool' or 'he didn't panic'. It is also used of water and feathers in their plain sense: 'the unruffled surface of the lake'.
It is a slightly literary, slightly admiring word這是個有點文學、有點讚許意味的字 you meet it more in novels and news writing你比較會在小說和新聞寫作裡遇到它 than in daily speech而不是日常說話 where people say 'she stayed cool' or 'he didn't panic'那裡人們會說'she stayed cool'或'he didn't panic'. It is also used of water and feathers in their plain sense它也直接用在水和羽毛的字面意思上 'the unruffled surface of the lake'「湖面unruffled」（湖面平靜無波）.
core核心畫面
組成un- (not) + ruffled (disturbed, made rough on the surface). The picture inside the word is feathers or water left perfectly smooth.
同家族的字
- rufflethe verb being negated — to disturb a smooth surface
- ruffledthe opposite state: flustered, or physically rumpled
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
unruffledadj
- 1
Not ruffled or tousled.
- unruffled hair
- 2
Calm, not ruffled, serene, at peace, unbothered.
- "What is there, then?" demanded the blind man without any break in his unruffled patience. "There may be another way—but surely—surely there must be some attachment?"
- Mr. Altman, calm and unruffled, tried several times to draw a distinction between A.I. and social media.
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