| 单词 | to roll out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto roll out to roll out 1. a. transitive. To make (a malleable substance, as dough, molten metal, etc.) thin and flat by means of pressure with a roller, adjusting to a desired length or breadth. Frequently with into. Cf. sense 5a, to roll into —— 2 at Phrasal verbs 2. ΚΠ 1615 G. Markham Eng. Hus-wife in Countrey Contentments ii. ii. 65 After the paste is well kneaded, roule out a part therof as thin as you please. 1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes IV. vi. iii. 1173 The bread which they make of this roote is very passing white, not kneaded into loaues, but rolled out in Cakes of a reasonable thicknesse, yet may they be better called thin. 1723 J. Nott Cook's & Confectioner's Dict. at Oat Cakes Roll them out into Cakes, and place them on your Baking-stone. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery 151 When you have rolled out all your Dough, begin to bake the first. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 503/1 It [sc. the copper] is then cut..into pieces..of the required weight, which are heated in the muffle and rolled out. 1892 Encycl. Pract. Cookery I. 281/1 Cannelons..are generally made by rolling the paste out very thin..and rolling up round small pieces of wood, which are removed after baking. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxv. 683 Tin is a malleable metal which can be rolled out into thin sheets which are known as tinfoil and are used extensively for wrapping. 1968 N. Simon Turkish Cookery 63 When the dough is ready, roll out into thin rounds and grease each round with a little olive oil. 2008 BBC Good Food Sept. 143/4 Roll out your chilled pastry on a cold surface. b. intransitive. See sense 5b. 2. transitive. To give a more or less cylindrical shape to (clay, dough, or another malleable substance) by compressing and rotating it on a surface, between the hands, etc. Cf. sense 18a. ΚΠ 1681 E. R. Experienced Farrier (ed. 2) ii. 331 When you have occasion to use it, Rowl it out between your Hands, and break so much of it off as contains the bigness of a small Wash-ball. 1790 Gentleman's Mag. Aug. 718/1 This blue earth,..the Welsh take up and expose to the sun; when it is a little dried, they roll it out into round pieces of about six or seven inches long. 1804 Mrs. Hudson & Mrs. Donat New Pract. Cookery 173 Put it on your paste-board and gently roll it out in rolls about two inches long and one round. 1829 C. C. Frankland Trav. to & from Constantinople I. iii. 70 A curious description of preserve made of boiled grapes and walnuts: this is rolled out into long sausage-looking forms. 1898 H. A. DeSalis Housewife's Referee 221 Dinner Finger Bread... The dough is cut into long strips, and gradually rolled out till quite thin with the hands. 1961 L. G. G. Ramsey Connoisseur New Guide Antique Eng. Pottery, Porcelain & Glass 35 ‘Stems’ formed of threads of clay rolled out thin between the hands. 1991 Pop. Mech. Mar. (Home & Shop section) 68/2 (caption) Roll out thin rope of glazing putty, then press into sash. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > causation > effect, result, or consequence > result [verb (intransitive)] > turn out goOE farec1230 to come to proofc1330 shape1338 afarec1380 achievea1393 falla1398 sort1477 succeed1541 lucka1547 to fall out1556 redound1586 to come off1590 light1612 takea1625 result1626 issue1665 to turn out1731 eventuate1787 to roll out1801 to come away1823 to work out1839 pan1865 1801 ‘Gabrielli’ Mysterious Husband II. 37 I should eat and drink more than I should earn.., supposing I ever did roll out to be good for anything. 1911 Harper's Mag. May 873/2 She was fumbling for something in her exquisite little gold bag—a half-finished lace collar it rolled out to be. 4. transitive. To unroll and lay out; to unfurl. Cf. to roll out the red carpet at red carpet n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > extend [verb (transitive)] > unfurl or unfold unfoldc890 untrenda1272 displayc1330 splayc1330 unplyc1330 outrolla1393 unlapa1400 unplight?c1400 unrollc1425 deploy1477 to shake outc1550 explicate1562 disvelop1592 unfurl1641 develop1656 unwrap1807 unshroud1846 to roll out1849 1849 S. Bunbury First Christian Cemeteries at Rome Introd. p. v The velvet carpet was rolled out, and forth came the Pope to bless the multitude. 1880 Church Missionary Intelligence & Rec. Apr. 249/1 The Christian teacher of the school, who rolls out the coarse mats, and lights the small oil-lamps. 1956 J. MacNeill in S. H. Bell Erin's Orange Lily & Summer Loanen i. 23 He rolled out his banner, the Pride of the Land, With its edging of Orange and Blue. 2002 Christian Sci. Monitor 24 Oct. 1/1 The delicate blonde rolls out a rubber mat, engages what's called her ‘ujjayi breath’, and slips into a ‘down dog’. 5. U.S. colloquial. a. intransitive. North American regional (western). To begin a journey; to leave. Also: to begin an enterprise. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > departure, leaving, or going away > depart, leave, or go away [verb (intransitive)] to come awayeOE wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE awayOE dealc1000 goOE awendOE rimeOE to go one's wayOE flitc1175 depart?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 to turn awaya1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 recede1450 roomc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 avaunt1549 trudge1562 vade?1570 discoast1571 leave1593 wag1594 to go off1600 troop1600 hence1614 to set on one's foota1616 to pull up one's stumps1647 quit1811 to clear out1816 slope1830 to walk one's chalks1835 shove1844 to roll out1850 to pull out1855 to light out1859 to take a run-out powder1909 to push off (also along)1923 1850 L. V. Loomis Jrnl. Birmingham Emigrating Co. 13 They hitched up and 13 men, 5 wagons and 23 Horses rolled out. 1923 J. H. Cook Fifty Years on Old Frontier 34 We will roll out tomorrow. 1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 39/1 Slickers and saddlebags; holsters for your guns. Holsters; and cartridge belts. You hear? Roll out you rawhiders; let's go! 2006 I. Van Heerden & M. Bryan Storm i. 32 The next morning Lorie and I would roll out for the hurricane hole on the Tchefuncte River. b. intransitive. To get out of bed; to get up. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > go to bed or retire to rest [verb (intransitive)] > get up or rise arisec950 riseOE risec1175 uprisea1400 to dress upc1400 rouse1577 to get up1583 up1635 unroost1751 to turn out1801 to show a leg1818 to roll out1884 to hit the deck1918 1884 W. Shepherd Prairie Experiences 237 The cook's voice shouts ‘Roll out’... Before you have time to dress..it is ‘Breakfast!’ 1930 L. Hughes Not without Laughter xv. 183 When his mother rolled out at six o'clock to go to work, he woke up again. 1942 Z. N. Hurston in Amer. Mercury July 85 All you did by rolling out early was to stir your stomach up. 2005 L. Mass In Beauty may she Walk viii. 155 We rolled out early, with a threat of rain nudging us to stuff our packs and eat before the clouds broke loose. 6. transitive. Originally U.S. To introduce or launch (a new product, service, etc.). Cf. rollout n. 1b.Sometimes with the implication of gradual or staged introduction. ΚΠ 1954 Pop. Sci. June 102/1 General Motors' second most productive division has rolled out a real power package in this revival of a prewar speedster. 1967 Pop. Mech. May 91/1 Buckminster Fuller has rolled out his largest geodesic dome yet. 1989 DEC Professional Sept. 38/3 Digital has begun to roll out CDA applications. 1991 Independent 8 Oct. 25/3 Dixons..is also starting to roll out nationally a new training programme. 1997 Independent 1 July (Network Plus section) 6/3 This will be rolled out to other parts of Europe and Asia during the next 12 months. 2008 Wall St. Jrnl. 17 Nov. b1/6 Steep cost cuts have stymied the company's ability to roll out lower-end devices or newer email phones. 7. Computing. a. transitive. To read the contents of (a counter) by causing it to count a series of pulses (see quots. 1954, 1962) . Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > hardware > use hardware [verb (transitive)] > operate on register shift1946 to roll out1954 to roll in1962 1954 Computers & Automation Dec. 20/2 Roll out, to read out of a register or counter by the following process: add to the digits in each column simultaneously; do this 10 times (for decimal numbers); when the result in each column changes from 9 to 0, issue a signal. 1962 Gloss. Terms Automatic Data Processing (B.S.I.) 86 Roll out (to), for a counter which counts modulo n, to read its content by causing it to count a sequence of n pulses, determining at what stage in the sequence the content passes through zero. b. transitive. To transfer from main memory to auxiliary storage when the main memory is required for another process. ΘΚΠ society > computing and information technology > data > database > use data [verb (transitive)] > store > copy or transfer read1940 to read out1946 copy1953 dump1956 list1958 recall1966 to roll out1969 import1977 upload1977 export1982 1969 P. B. Jordain Condensed Computer Encycl. 435 When main memory is released by any program, or a task terminates and its space becomes available, a task that had been rolled out can be rolled in and restarted. 1980 B. C. Wonsiewicz Computer Automation of Materials Testing 162 ROM is used for..basic system programs such as those needed for start-up and memory initialization, and for those needed rolling (in and out) program overlays. 1993 B. Ries et al. in J. Volkert Parallel Computation 236 The entire job is suspended (rolled out) and a different job is resumed (rolled in). 2005 A. S. Godbole Operating Syst. (ed. 2) viii. 318 If some segments are rolled out on the disk from the memory relocation and the process of bringing it back to the main memory is fairly straightforward. Categories » 8. intransitive. American Football. See sense 17. < as lemmas |
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