roller

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹəʊlə/    美 /ˈɹoʊlɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Anything that rolls.; Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
  2. Anything that rolls.; A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
  3. Anything that rolls.; A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
  4. Anything that rolls.; A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
  5. Anything that rolls.; A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
    — The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted to the metal by the lithographic roller the same as for paper.
  6. Anything that rolls.; An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
  7. Anything that rolls.; One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
  8. Anything that rolls.; A roller towel.
  9. Anything that rolls.; A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
    — The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared.
  10. Anything that rolls.; A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
  11. Anything that rolls.; One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
  12. Anything that rolls.; Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
  13. Anything that rolls.; A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
  14. Anything that rolls.; A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
  15. Anything that rolls.; A rolling pin
  16. Anything that rolls.; A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
    — He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle.
  17. A long wide bandage used in surgery.
  18. A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
    — He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…].
  19. A bird.; A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
  20. A bird.; Any of various nonpasserine birds constituting the family Coraciidae, having stocky bodies, large heads, and stout bills hooked at the tip.
    — In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that all-in-a-heap appearance and jerking motion of the head and tail which are so characteristic of the great Fissirostral group to which it belongs.
  21. A police patrol car or patrolman (rather than an unmarked police car or a detective)
  22. A padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting.
  23. A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits.
    — I learned a lot from watching, but the part that I should have studied harder was the roller. The names of the writers went on for ever.
  24. A wheelchair user. slang
  25. A Rolls-Royce motorcar. informal,slang
  26. A type break that consists of drum rolls; a drum and bass track made with such breaks. slang
动词 v.
  1. To roller skate. intransitive
    — One day Frankie rollered up our drive and asked me if I fancied a skate.

词形变化

rollers plural rollers present,singular,third-person rollering participle,present rollered participle,past rollered past

词汇关系

衍生词
ab roller ab roller wheel beard roller Cambridge roller cheese roller coal roller cuckoo-roller dandy-roller dandy roller dermaroller European roller fancy roller foam roller foot roller ground roller hair roller heavy roller high-roller high roller Indian roller leaf roller leaf-roller light roller lilac-breasted roller lilac-throated roller lint roller lush-roller lush roller mine roller Mosilikatze's roller Oriental roller paint roller pea roller pinch roller road roller rollerball roller bearing roller bed roller blade rollerblade roller blind rollerboard roller bolt roller boot roller bottle roller chain roller-coaster roller-coasterish roller coaster rollercoaster roller-cone bit roller cone bit roller derby roller disco roller-disco roller docker rollerdrum roller football roller gin rollergirl roller hockey rollerless roller machine rollermaker rollermaking rollerman Rollermania roller mill rolleron roller organ roller rink roller shade roller shoe roller shutter roller skate roller-skate roller skating roller sledge hockey roller sled hockey roller sport roller table sap roller snow roller steam roller steamroller stoneroller threshing roller threshing-roller throller

词源

词源 1
* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
词源 2
* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.
* (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
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