单词 | rolly |
释义 | Rollyn. colloquial. = Rolleiflex n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > camera > [noun] > proprietary Kodak1888 Kodet1894 Brownie1902 Leica1925 Rolleiflex1930 Rollei1938 Minox1939 Polaroid1953 Rolly1961 Instamatic1962 1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 1251/2 Rolly, a Rolliecord or Rollieflex [sic] camera. 1973 K. Benton Craig & Jaguar iii. 28 There was nothing of value..only his Rolly, and that was broken. 2004 School Libr. Jrnl. (Nexis) 1 Nov. 26 Like my old ‘Rolly,’ this jet-black camera has the classic profile and satisfying, compact heft that are hallmarks of a serious photographic device. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). rollyadj. Inclined to roll or (esp. of sea conditions, etc.) cause rolling. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > [adjective] > running high, surging, or rolling wallingOE waveringc1425 surging1566 trilling1567 wambling1581 grown1600 surgeful1612 sourcinga1660 washing1697 flashing1744 under-rolling1745 jawing1802 rolly1885 1885 A. Brassey In Trades 86 Tuesday and Wednesday were squally and ‘rolly’ days, and writing was a matter of extreme difficulty. 1887 A. Brassey Last Voy. (1889) i. 9 Left Bombay harbour at 2 a.m. and proceeded to sea under steam. Rather rolly. 1911 E. Leonard in Catal. Copyright Entries: Pt. 3 (Libr. of Congr. Copyright Office) 6 1711/1 (title of song) Roll them rolly eyes. 1939 S. E. Morison Second Voy. C. Columbus v. 45 A small and rolly little place where the passengers on our native sloop gave up all they had saved from breakfast at Les Saintes. 1998 Cruising World Oct. 54/2 Like many anchorages around Hawaii and other Pacific islands, Kailua is rolly. Compounds rolly-eyed adj. = rolling eyed adj. at rolling adj. and adv. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai xi. 197 Another..known to us as ‘The Rolly-Eyed Duke’. 2003 Independent (Nexis) 23 Jan. 19 Free of the company of drunks, mobile-phone shouters, backpackers, screaming babies and assorted rolly-eyed weirdos. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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