ripple

• n.さざ波; さざ波を立てる; [物]さざ波
• vi. ゴボゴボと音を立てる
• vt.さざ波を立てる
• n. （波紋の）人名；（英）Ripple

rip「裂く」、-le「繰り返す」が語源の可能性。wave, rippleから派生。

ripple (v.)

early 15c., "to crease;" 1660s, "to present a ruffled surface," of unknown origin, perhaps a frequentative of rip (v.). Transitive sense "cause to ripple" is from 1786. Related: Rippled; rippling.

ripple (n.)

"very small wave," 1798, from earlier meaning "stretch of shallow, rippling water" (1755), from ripple (v.). Meaning "mark or movement suggestive of a ripple" is from 1843. Meaning "ice cream streaked with colored syrup" first attested 1939, so called from its appearance. As the name of a brand of inexpensive wine sold by E&J Gallo Winery, from 1960 to 1984. Ripple effect is from 1950.

1. The air was so still that there was hardly a ripple on the pond 's surface.

風がなく、池の水面に波紋はほとんど見えない。

2.His resignation will have a ripple effect on the whole department.

彼の辞任は部門全体に連鎖反応を引き起こすだろう。

3.I heard the ripple of the stream.

小川のせせらぎが聞こえてきた.

4.Delayed flights have a ripple effect.Just one late flight could be carrying passengers for a dozen connecting services.

フライトの遅延は連鎖反応を引き起こす。遅延した便だけで多くの乗り継ぎ客を乗せている可能性があります。

5.There was a ripple of mirth,which the court checked.

人々はどっと笑った。裁判官は彼らを飲み止めた。