单词 | roulette |
释义 | Word Frequency roulette(ruːˈlɛt) noun 1. a gambling game in which a ball is dropped onto a spinning horizontal wheel divided into 37 or 38 coloured and numbered slots, with players betting on the slot into which the ball will fall 2. a. a toothed wheel for making a line of perforations b. a tiny slit made by such a wheel on a sheet of stamps as an aid to tearing it apart 3. a curve generated by a point on one curve rolling on another verb (transitive) 4. to use a roulette on (something), as in engraving, making stationery, etc Word origin C18: from French, from rouelle a little wheel, from roue a wheel, from Latin rota |
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