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单词 well-rolled
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well-rolledadj.

Brit. /ˌwɛlˈrəʊld/, U.S. /ˌwɛlˈroʊld/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: well adv., rolled adj.
Etymology: < well adv. + rolled adj.
Fully or thoroughly rolled flat or smooth.
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1686 R. Blome Gentlemans Recreation vi. vi. 224/2 The Walks must be kept well Rolled.
1759 Gentleman's Mag. Sept. 430/2 O'er level roads we drive amain, Roads as the well-roll'd terras plain.
1785 W. Cowper Task i. 351 We tread the wilderness, whose well-roll'd walks [etc.].
1821 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 3 256 A few well rolled granites, puddingstones and an occasional greenstone do however occur among the calcareous matter.
1865 J. Lubbock Prehist. Times ix. 288 This layer..contains many well-rolled tertiary pebbles.
1922 H. E. Fosdick Christianity & Progress i. 40 Human history is not a smooth and well-rolled lawn of soft ascents.
1996 Times 20 May 29/4 A Sussex clifftop that affords a sweeping view of a markedly well-rolled ground and the English Channel beyond.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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