单词 | slow-roll |
释义 | slow-rollv. 1. transitive. Aeronautics. To rotate (an aircraft) 360 degrees about its longitudinal axis while continuing to fly a straight course.Cf. slow roll n. 1, slow-rolling n. 1. ΚΠ 1928 Techn. Rep. Aeronaut. Res. Comm. 1927–8 II. 437 The aeroplane can be slow rolled easily. 1947 Twin Falls (Idaho) Times-News 21 July 1/4 The teen-age pilot had just completed slow-rolling his speedy fighter plane. 2003 D. R. Jenkins & T. R. Landis Hypersonic 220/2 After he had completed the familiarization maneuvers, he slow-rolled the X-15. 2. transitive. Poker. To show (an opponent) a winning hand after a deliberate, and often prolonged, dramatic pause. Also: to reveal (a winning hand) to an opponent in this manner.Cf. slow roll n. 2, slow-rolling n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > poker > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics see1804 to make good1821 call1840 bluff1846 straddle1864 fill1865 to cash in1884 stack1896 slow-play1967 slow-roll1996 1996 rec.gambling.poker 28 May (Usenet newsgroup, accessed 24 Apr. 2020) Four or five guys, obviously friends, are in the game together. They're having a great time, slow-rolling each other, looking at each others' hands, etc. 2000 T. McEvoy & T. J. Cloutier Championship Hold'em (2004) x. 364 The most ungentlemanly things you can do are to slow-roll the winning hand against somebody or ask to see the losing hand. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1928 |
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