| 单词 | to roll up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto roll up to roll up 1. transitive. To wrap up; to envelop in a flexible material. Also figurative. Cf. sense 32. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- ?a1425 MS Hunterian 95 f. 146v (MED) Leie aboue apon carpie ane oynement..and rolle vppe þe member and leue it vnremewed a daie and a nyȝt. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 341 His forspeikings..war..sa inuoluet and rowet vp in allegories & dark sentences. 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida i. sig. B2 Could not the fretting sea Haue rowl'd me vp in wrinkles of his browe? 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois iii. 31 Like a Rippiers legs rowl'd vp In bootes of haie-ropes. 1648 J. Mayne Amorous Warre iv. ii. 51 Methinkes I see 'em Rolling themselves up in their owne gold Lace, Like Urchines in their prickles. 1725 A. Ramsay Gentle Shepherd iii. ii. 38 A Fundling..Right clean row'd up. a1756 E. Haywood New Present (1771) 262 Rolling it up dry in another clean cloth. 1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 182 Keeping the fractured ends of the bones apposed to each other, without rolling up the arm so tight as to occasion pain. 1832 W. Stephenson Coll. Local Poems, Songs, &c. 59 One with feelings cried, ‘Hoots, hoots, Let's roll him up in wool’. a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) iv. 38 He rolled up his pipes, bag and all, in the blankets above him. 1920 Amer. Woman Aug. 16/2 I know how to get him [sc. a baby] in there... I'll roll him up in a bundle. 1970 G. Scott-Heron Vulture v. 188 We found his works rolled up in a sheet in the bureau. 2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 210 Fried small Vietnamese spring or egg roll eaten rolled up in a lettuce leaf with mint and fish sauce. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > speech-making > recitation > recite [verb (intransitive)] to roll up1528 repeat1579 recite1742 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. lxxxjv It is ynough, yf thou canst rowle vpp a payre of matenses or an evensonge & mummell a few ceremonies. 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth xxii. f. 92v The boyes that are in the Church, answere all with one voyce, rowling it vp so fast, as their lippes can goe. 3. a. transitive. = sense 31a. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (reflexive)] > contract into ball to roll up1530 round1862 the world > space > extension in space > reduction in size or extent > reduce in size or extent [verb (transitive)] > fold up or roll up wrapa1375 roll?a1425 wind?1523 to roll together1525 to roll up1530 fold1561 to wind up1590 furdel1594 to fold up1621 uproll1623 furla1657 telescope1844 concertina1891 accordion1897 the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > [verb (transitive)] > coil round (something) > coil (something) round or upon itself windc1325 wrap?1523 to roll up1530 wreathe1530 upwind1560 twist1582 twinec1585 circumvolute1599 bottom1612 rolla1616 overwhelm1634 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 537/1 I enrolle, I rolle up a writyng, or any other thyng rounde. 1590 ‘Pasquil’ First Pt. Pasquils Apol. sig. B2v Hauing giuen many hisses of the old serpent against his betters, in the Epistle to the treatise, in the treatise it selfe he begins to rolle vp his head within his scales. 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 275 They take a Spyders-web, roling the same vppe on a round heape like a ball. 1609 B. Jonson Masque of Queens in Wks. (1616) 947 Make his bridle a bottome of thrid, To rowle up how many miles you haue rid. 1641 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1870) V. 637/2 He did sie a paper in Lieutenent Colonell Stewartis hand whiche wes rowed vp. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. iv. 118 The Labels all rowled up to the main Stem. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Paste Afterwards spread it [sc. paste] upon a Dish,..and roll it up in large Rolls. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. at Leaf Instead of being plaited, they are rolled up. 1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxv, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 509 His colley, rowed up half-asleep. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xviii. 183 Rolling up his bed into a pillow. 1879 G. Gladstone in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 191/1 [The gold] is then..rolled up by hand into a spiral form. 1881 E. F. Poynter Among the Hills xii. 164 Cutting her thread with energy, she rolled up Nessie's socks, and began to examine another pair. 1930 W. S. Maugham Cakes & Ale xvi. 191 She did not put on her corsets again, but rolled them up and I wrapped them in a piece of newspaper. 1943 B. Smith Tree grows in Brooklyn xxxviii. 236 Sissy took a ball of stiff yellow dough, rolled it flat with the rolling-pin, then rolled the flat dough up like a jelly roll. 2000 N. Griffiths Grits (2001) 3 The foil, the brown powder, the five-pound note rolled up into a tube, the weak fluttering flame. b. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. Of an animal or person: to curl into a ball or coil; to tuck the outermost parts of the body tightly inward towards the centre, esp. for protection. Frequently with in, into (cf. to roll into —— 7 at Phrasal verbs 2). ΚΠ 1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. B3 v The Hedgehogge rowles vp himselfe like a football. 1629 J. Mabbe tr. C. de Fonseca Deuout Contempl. v. 81 And therefore the Scripture stiles him Serpent, and a winding Snake, that rolls vp himselfe as it were in a circle. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth VII. 303 They all, when touched, contract themselves, rolling themselves up like a ball. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth IV. iii. 106 They are covered in prickles, though..they do not defend themselves by rolling up in a ball. 1834 Penny Cycl. II. 353/2 Its..only defence when frightened or surprised, is to roll itself up. 1858 Harvard Mag. Dec. 415 Hedgehog-like, I roll myself up into a ball, until the sheets feel less like layers of ice, and begin to be comfortable. 1874 H. W. Jeffree Life xv. 88/2 The timid hare flies from the slightest sound, The hedgehog rolls up before danger's found. 1954 J. F. Kirkaldy Gen. Princ. Geol. xvii. 244 The body or thorax consisted of a large number of segments, which could move on each other, enabling the creatures to roll up like a modern wood louse. 1956 New Biol. 21 106 Many species [of Earthworms] survive unfavourable conditions by going into a state of diapause in which they roll themselves up into a tight ball. 2004 Scunthorpe Evening Tel. (Nexis) 10 Nov. 16 Having rolled itself up, nose to toes, to protect himself, these rotten, cruel children then use it for a football. It really is true. c. intransitive. Of an object: to form into a curved or spiral shape; to curl up. Also with into. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > types of curvature > [verb (intransitive)] > curl locker?c1475 crisp1583 to roll up1658 curl1694 coffer1725 scroll1868 frizzle1886 quirl1944 1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 39 Look behind, how her Tresses roule up with ropes of Pearle. 1716 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (ed. 4) II. 245 Which you may know by their Leaves lying down, rolling up, and wrinkling. 1753 W. Lewis New Dispensatory 106/1 The bark of the root is pretty thick..cut in slices and laid to dry, it rolls up into quills. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. vi. 113 The flap of a limber saddle rolling up, and galling your calf. 1868 Pop. Sci. Rev. 7 31 The application of ether-spray to the tip of a leaf caused it to roll up on to the under side like a roll of paper. 1891 Wilson's Photogr. Mag. 28 262 If the silver solution does not run off smooth and uniform, and drops (tears) appear on the paper, then the paper rolled up in the drying. 1914 Camera Craft Jan. 41/1 The film of emulsion will soon start to leave the glass around the edges and a little coaxing with the finger or a soft stick will cause it to roll up towards the center and finally separate entirely. 1992 Sew News Dec. 68/2 Supported by the ‘stitch finger’, a metal prong that prevents even soft fabrics from rolling up. Categories » 4. transitive. Scottish. See sense 18d. 5. a. transitive. To fold the edge of (a sleeve or trouser leg) over on itself a number of times to shorten it. Also: to fold up the legs of (a pair of trousers) in this way. Cf. to roll up one's sleeves at Phrases 5, rolled-up adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1713 Acct. South-west Barbary vii. 92 As soon as he has rolled up the Sleeves of his Shirt, he thrusts his Arms into the Dish up to his Elbows. 1829 A. S. Mackenzie Year in Spain i. 23 He rolled his sleeves up, chose a mask and foil, and was ready to step into the arena. 1859 Russell's Mag. Oct. 51/1 He rolled up his sleeves and arranged an admirable cameo-coiffure. 1871 Lady M. A. Barker Christmas Cake in Four Quarters iv. ii. 262 The trews were hard to manage, but 'Phairson wears 'em with gaiters, and I rolls 'em up. 1895 T. G. Selby Chinaman in his own Stories vi. 143 Rolling up his trousers and turning up the sleeves of his inner garment, he seized hold of one of the spades. 1912 M. Johnston Cease Firing xxxiii. 359 Sitting there he rolled up his trouser leg. 1944 Life 28 Aug. 65/2 When college girls took to riding bicycles in slacks, they first rolled up one trouser leg, then rolled up both. 2007 D. Leitch Autobiogr. Donovan 25 I..lay on the sand, rolled up my jeans, put my Breton cap over my face, and sunbathed. b. transitive. To pull up (an item of clothing, esp. a sock). Cf. roll-up n. 1a. ΚΠ 1837 J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott I. ii. 74 The most venerable figure I had ever set my eyes on—tall and erect, with..stockings rolled up over his knees. 1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlviii. 523 He wore knee breeches and a kind of leggings rolled up over his silk stockings. 1911 Outing Mar. 709/2 Just before the play commenced they rolled up their heavy woolen stockings over the knee. 1996 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) (Nexis) 10 Apr. 31 The only time we wear our kneesocks up is when the principal is coming around. We go, ‘Roll up your socks! Mrs. Cornyn's in the building!’ 6. transitive. Military. To drive the flank of (an enemy line) back and round so that the line is shortened or surrounded. ΚΠ 1798 G. F. Koehler tr. C. de Warnery Remarks on Cavalry x. 86 Should the incorporated cavalry quit the line to charge, the battalions would be left with too large intervals, which the enemy would not fail to enter, and roll them up by the flanks. 1845 E. Cotton Voice from Waterloo (1849) xi. 199 Why did not Blücher, to use the language of two excellent military writers, roll up the French army as Pakenham's division did at Salamanca? 1895 United Service Mag. July 429 The overwhelming force..could not fail to..roll up the Egyptian Army from that point. 1906 R. Kipling Puck of Pook's Hill 221 Then the Winged Hats began to roll us up from each end of the wall. 1944 Amarillo (Texas) Daily News 23 Nov. 1/5 Capture of these critical defenses..placed the Americans in position to roll up the whole Yamashita defense front. 1985 S. E. Ambrose Pegasus Bridge iii. 47 If Rommel..launched an all-out counterattack against the exposed flank of 3d Division, he might well roll up the entire invading force, division by division. 2005 J. D. Wert Sword of Lincoln v. 97 The Confederates would strike Porter's corps at Mechanicsville and roll up the Union army's right flank. 7. a. intransitive. To congregate, gather, assemble. Originally and frequently in imperative as a showman's cry, esp. repeated in roll up, roll up! Cf. roll-up n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (intransitive)] > specifically of people or animals gathera975 ensemblea1300 drawc1300 semble1389 herd1393 assemblea1400 routa1400 sanka1400 trume?a1400 musterc1425 convene1429 resemblea1450 to draw together1455 forgather1513 accompany1534 troop1565 congregate1570 to get together1575 parliament?1589 accoil1590 join1706 to roll up1817 congressa1850 to round up1879 1817 New Monthly Mag. Mar. 178/2 Bawling out with the tone and gestures of raree show men, ‘Bowl up! Bowl up!—Roll up, lads! Roll up!—Here's your Parliament Reform!—Roll up! Roll up!’ 1861 Miner & Gen. Advertiser (Lambing Flat) 20 Feb. 3/2 ‘Roll up! Roll up!’ is the general watchword of the miners on the diggings. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right I. viii. 206 They would ‘roll up’ so successfully that a crowd..would, on the appointed day, be seen marching..down the main street. 1955 W. Gaddis Recognitions iii. v. 863 The sight..clouded his face with the memory of the girls from the American Embassy in Madrid who had rolled up the day before. 1977 Economist (Nexis) 19 Nov. 55 (headline) Roll up, roll up, for the Sadat-Begin show. 2000 W. Magee Phantom's Fang-tastic Show 9 Roll up! Roll up for Spectres! Roll up for Apparitions! Come in and see the Gremlins—all sizes, shapes, conditions. b. intransitive. Of a vehicle or its occupants: to approach or arrive. ΚΠ 1822 European Mag. & London Rev. Dec. 550/1 Carriage after carriage rolled up. 1852 C. Barter Dorp & Veld 17 A second wagon rolled up, on the voorkist of which I at once recognized our man. 1947 Manch. Guardian Weekly 30 Oct. 8/3 Great and glossy cars rolled up in smooth procession. 1962 J. F. Powers Morte d'Urban 218 Some shirtless youths in an old car rolled up from behind him. 1992 D. F. Gates Chief ii. 22 An old-time beat officer rolled up, got out of the car, and said, ‘What is it, kid?’ 2004 New Yorker 22 Nov. 73/3 One morning, two black Cadillacs, sharky with finnage, rolled up. c. intransitive. To arrive, turn up; to appear on the scene. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement towards a thing, person, or position > reaching a point or place > reach a point or place [verb (intransitive)] > arrive comeOE to come to townOE yworthOE lend11.. lightc1225 to come anovenonc1275 wina1300 'rivec1300 repaira1325 applyc1384 to come ina1399 rede?a1400 arrivec1400 attainc1400 alightc1405 to come to handc1450 unto-comec1450 apport1578 to be along1597 to drop in1609 to come ona1635 to walk in1656 land1679 engage1686 to come along1734 to get in1863 to turn up1870 to fall in1900 to lob1916 to roll up1920 to breeze in1930 to rock up1975 1920 G. Bell Let. 24 Oct. (1927) II. xix. 567 When the Mayor of Bagdad rolled up at 9 or the Naqib sent his son Saiyid Mahmud I was obliged to ‘endosser’ dressing-gown and go out to see them. 1929 ‘Sapper’ in Legion Bk. 214 The man hasn't rolled up yet, but he won't be long. 1968 M. Woodhouse Rock Baby xxiv. 232 They had to wait for me to roll up because I had the D.F. set, which meant I was the only one who could pin it down precisely. 2003 G. Burn North of Eng. Home Service (2004) iv. 115 On most days, ‘the motley throng’..would have gathered around the whisky cabinet in his inner sanctum by the time he rolled up. 8. transitive. U.S. To accumulate, amass; esp. to secure (a large number of votes, a majority, etc.) in an election. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > state of being gathered together > gather together [verb (transitive)] > gather in one mass or form lumps > accumulate heapc1000 tassea1400 aggregate?a1425 grossc1440 amass1481 accumulatec1487 accumule1490 exaggerate1533 cumulate1534 compile1578 pook1587 mass1604 hilla1618 congeriate1628 agglomerate1751 pile1827 to roll up1848 1848 O. C. Gardiner Great Issue iv. 88 [They] rolled up an unprecedented majority of 2800 against Governor Wright. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic I. ii. v. 443 An infamous peculator..rolling up a fortune with great rapidity by his shameless traffic in benefices, charges, offices. 1890 J. K. Hosmer Anglo-Saxon Freedom 360 The enormousness of the might which the autocrat of all the Russias is so rapidly rolling up. 1900 Congress. Rec. 23 Jan. 1103/2 They answered them by rolling up a plurality of 5,665 votes for the member from Utah out of a total of 67,805. 1951 Sun (Baltimore) 19 June 7/3 In the state elections of Lower Saxony..the SRP rolled up nearly 400,000 votes. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 4 July 11- a/1 The powerful PRI has always rolled up massive victories in every election during the past half century. 1996 Sun (Baltimore) 19 May 17/3 The Greyhounds rolled up 159.5 points to easily defeat Mount St. Joseph. 1999 M. F. Holt Rise & Fall Amer. Whig Party (2003) i. 18 Jackson rolled up an astounding 88 percent of the popular vote. ΚΠ 1854 W. C. Bryant Poems 326 As the slow wind is rolling up the storm. 1892 K. Lentzner Dict. Slang-Eng. of Austral. 14 The feel of the grit with which the wind charges itself as it rolls up the [dust] storm. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > action of breaking wind > break wind [verb (transitive)] > belch yeska1522 bolka1535 rasp1587 rift1601 outbelch1602 to roll up1897 burp1940 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. III. 474 He..sits up in bed, and rolls up wind, belching it forth boisterously for many minutes. 11. transitive. To arrange the affairs of and dissolve (an enterprise); to bring (an operation or activity) to a conclusion; to wind up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > complete or conclude action [verb (intransitive)] enda1340 finisha1400 conclude1526 to get through1589 get1594 dispatcha1616 to shut up1626 to wind up1631 finale1797 to top off1836 to top up1837 through1894 to roll up1963 the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > bring to an end or conclude [verb (transitive)] > bring to a final settlement to wind up1780 to roll up1963 1963 ‘J. le Carré’ Spy who came in from Cold iii. 24 He had made a mistake in Berlin, and..his network had been rolled up. 1980 Sun (Baltimore) 27 Feb. a6/6 We had to prevent business from being rolled up and put in the trash basket by that [i.e. the 94th] Congress. 1990 Time 23 Apr. 42/2 Last month Markus Wolf..went to the Soviet Union, presumably to help the kgb roll up the East German operations. 2001 Chicago Tribune 24 Sept. i. 2/4 Now, I'm not talking about people who get killed as we try to roll up terrorist operations. That's self-defense. That's war. 12. Finance (chiefly British). a. transitive. To allow deferred payment of (interest) on a mortgage or other loan by its addition to the overall debt due at a later date. Cf. roll-up adj. 2b. ΚΠ 1982 M. Reid Secondary Banking Crisis, 1973–5 v. 65 To ‘roll up’ interest on developments—postpone payment of it until the new building was finished and let. 1989 Which? Apr. 205/2 No capital is paid back until death, and normally no interest either—instead it's ‘rolled up’ and added to the amount you owe. 1997 Investors Chron. 19 Sept. 36/2 If a client were to lose their job, we would..roll up the interest for the next 12 months to give them breathing space. 2007 Independent 18 July (Property section) 18/4 A lifetime mortgage is one where the interest is rolled up and paid out of your estate when you die. b. transitive. To reinvest (the dividend or interest) gained on an investment in order to increase the capital value of the investor's holding, as in a roll-up fund. Cf. roll-up adj. 2a. ΚΠ 1984 Listener 5 Apr. 4/3 The money would be placed in a portfolio of various currencies and profits reinvested or rolled-up back into the fund. 1988 Investors Chron. 8 Jan. 30/1 The interest is then either distributed—as in a ‘distributor’ fund—or ‘rolled up’ in the unit price in an ‘accumulator’ fund. 1991 Financial Times 20 Mar. 53/4 Domestic funds..which allow investors to roll up dividend income free of tax. 2008 Independent Save & Spend (Nexis) 21 June 10 The dividends can be rolled up to increase the total return. < as lemmas |
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