| 释义 |
ˈRoller, n.4 slang.
[f. Rolls-Royce n. + -er6, prob. influenced by roller n.1]
A Rolls-Royce motor car.
1977I. Dury Songbk. (1979) 62 Lat-er on he drove a Rol-ler chauf-fer-in' for foreign men. 1982New Society 4 Nov. 205/2 Their appetite for double vodkas and fat cigars and gold watches and ‘Rollers’ (Rolls-Royces). 1985L. Griffiths Arthur Daley's Guide to doing it Right 111 Now I think only good people get Jaguars and Rollers—those who deserve them. 1989Observer 15 Jan. v. 3/1 In the new series..Jools meets a Martian..and takes him on a guided tour of Britain in the Roller. |