- rile somebody | it riles somebody that…
to annoy somebody or make them angry 惹恼；激怒 Nothing ever seemed to rile him. 好像从来没有什么事让他烦恼。 🔊🔊 She regretted at once that she had let herself become riled. 她发过脾气后立刻就后悔了。
Word Originearly 19th cent.: variant of roil, of the same meaning.
Idioms
be/get (all) riled up
- (especially North American English, informal)
to be or get very annoyed 十分生气；恼火