roll
n. 卷; 管; 麵包卷; 翻滾; 搖晃; 贅肉; 名冊; 隆隆聲; 擲骰子
v. 卷,搖,轉; (使)滾動; 翻轉; 壓平; 發出持續聲音; 啟動; 緩緩行進; 搶劫
When something rolls or when you roll it, it moves along a surface, turning over many times.
The ball rolled into the net...
球滾進了網中。
Their car went off the road and rolled over...
他們的車衝出公路,翻倒在一旁。
If you roll somewhere, you move on a surface while lying down, turning your body over and over, so that you are sometimes on your back, sometimes on your side, and sometimes on your front.
When I was a little kid I rolled down a hill and broke my leg...
我小時候從一座山坡上滾了下來,把腿摔斷了。
They just rolled about on the floor punching each other like schoolboys...
他們像小學生一樣,在地板上滾來滾去,互相揮著拳頭揍對方。
When vehicles roll along, they move along slowly.
The lorry quietly rolled forward.
卡車靜靜地緩慢前行。
If a machine rolls, it is operating.
He slipped and fell on an airplane gangway as the cameras rolled...
在攝像時他不慎滑倒在飛機座位間的通道上。
The newspaper presses are rolling in Pittsburgh again today.
今天,匹茲堡的報紙又開始印刷了。
If drops of liquid roll down a surface, they move quickly down it.
She looked at Ginny and tears rolled down her cheeks.
她看著金尼,淚水滑落臉龐。
If you roll something flexible into a cylinder or a ball, you form it into a cylinder or a ball by wrapping it several times around itself or by shaping it between your hands.
He took off his sweater, rolled it into a pillow and lay down on the grass...
他脫下毛衣,將它捲成一個枕頭,然後在草地上躺了下來。
He rolled and lit another cigarette.
他又捲了一支菸並點著了。
A roll of paper, plastic, cloth, or wire is a long piece of it that has been wrapped many times around itself or around a tube.
The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film.
攝影師們已經照了一打膠捲了。
...a roll of blue insulated wire.
一卷藍色的絕緣電線
If you roll up something such as a car window or a blind, you cause it to move upwards by turning a handle. If you roll it down, you cause it to move downwards by turning a handle.
In mid-afternoon, shopkeepers began to roll down their shutters...
下午三時左右,店主們開始放下百葉窗。
She rolled up the window and drove on...
她把車窗搖上來,繼續開車。
If you roll your eyes or if your eyes roll, they move round and upwards. People sometimes roll their eyes when they are frightened, bored, or annoyed.
People may roll their eyes and talk about overprotective, interfering grandmothers...
人們可能會翻著白眼談論那些溺愛兒孫、樣樣都要插手的祖母。
His eyes rolled and he sobbed.
他轉了轉眼睛,嗚咽起來。
A roll is a small piece of bread that is round or long and is made to be eaten by one person. Rolls can be eaten plain, with butter, or with a filling.
He spread butter on a roll.
他把黃油抹在小圓麵包上。
A roll of drums is a long, low, fairly loud sound made by drums.
As the town clock struck two, they heard the roll of drums.
當小鎮的時鐘敲響兩點鐘時,他們聽到了隆隆的鼓聲。
A roll is an official list of people's names.
...the electoral roll.
選民名單
If someone is on a roll, they are having great success which seems likely to continue.
I made a name for myself and I was on a roll, I couldn't see anything going wrong.
我靠自己的能力成名了,接二連三地獲得成功,我覺得一切似乎一帆風順。
If you say roll on something, you mean that you would like it to come soon, because you are looking forward to it.
Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.
盼望有一天有人會研製出一種能有效預防瘧疾的疫苗。
If something is several things rolled into one, it combines the main features or qualities of those things.
Experts claimed that teachers had to be Einstein, Marie Curie and Linford Christie rolled into one to help children grasp the new national curriculum...
專家們稱老師必須集愛因斯坦、居里夫人和林弗德·克里斯蒂的本領於一身,才能幫助孩子們掌握新的國家課程大綱。
This is our kitchen, sitting and dining room all rolled into one.
這既是我們的廚房,又是客廳和餐廳。
1. rotary motion of an object around its own axis;
2. a list of names;
3. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
4. photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
5. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles
6. a roll of currency notes (often taken as the resources of a person or business etc.);
7. small rounded bread either plain or sweet
8. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)
9. the sound of a drum (especially a snare drum) beaten rapidly and continuously
10. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)
11. anything rolled up in cylindrical form
12. the act of throwing dice
13. walking with a rolling gait
14. a flight maneuver; aircraft rotates about its longitudinal axis without changing direction or losing altitude
15. the act of rolling something (as the ball in bowling)
1. move by turning over or rotating;
2. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle;
3. occur in soft rounded shapes;
4. flatten or spread with a roller;
5. emit, produce, or utter with a deep prolonged reverberating sound;
6. wrap or coil around;
7. begin operating or running;
8. shape by rolling;
9. execute a roll, in tumbling;
10. sell something to or obtain something from by energetic and especially underhanded activity
11. move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion;
12. move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment;
13. move, rock, or sway from side to side;
14. cause to move by turning over or in a circular manner of as if on an axis;
15. pronounce with a roll, of the phoneme /r/;
16. boil vigorously;
17. take the shape of a roll or cylinder;
18. show certain properties when being rolled;
list, catalogue, register, roll, schedule, table, chart, form
這些名詞均含"名單,目錄,表格"之意。
rotate, revolve, roll, spin, turn, whirl, circle
這些動詞均有"轉動,旋轉"之意。
roll back
使回降:把(例如,價格或工資)降回到原先較低的水平
使倒轉:使迴轉或撤退
roll out
起床,起身
&I{【橄欖球】} 前衛的橫移突破
roll over
延期付款:緩期或拖延(債券)的付款
磋商:重議(金融協定)條款
投資:把(從到期證券中得來的資金)再投資到類似的證券中
roll up
乘車到達
積累;儲蓄
a roll in the hay (或 the sack)
(非正式)性交,野合
be rolling (in money)
(非正式)非常富有,在錢裡打滾
on a roll
(非正式)連連獲勝;連續交好運
rolled into one
(把不同的人或物的特點)合為一體的
rolling drunk
醉得步態蹣跚
rolling in the aisles
(非正式)(觀眾)笑得東倒西歪;捧腹大笑
roll of honour
榮譽名冊
roll one's own
(非正式)自己捲紙煙
roll up one's sleeves
準備戰鬥;準備大幹
roll with the punches
(拳擊手)避讓對方打擊以減輕受打擊的力
Our dog loves a roll on the grass.
我們的狗喜愛在草地上打滾.
Chariots rumble and roll ; horses whinny and neigh.
車轔轔, 馬蕭蕭.
The waters of the Huanghe River roll to the sea.
黃河之水滾滾入海.
The rock and roll ignites the excitement of the audience.
搖滾樂激起了觀眾的熱情.
Books roll off the printing machine at the rate of two a week.
書籍以一星期兩本的速率從印刷機印出.