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单词 roll-up
释义

roll-up

[ rohl-uhp ]
/ ˈroʊlˌʌp /

noun

Also rollup . something, as a carpet or window shade, that can be rolled up when not in use.
Informal. an increase, as in value or cost.

Origin of roll-up

First recorded in 1745–55; noun use of verb phrase roll up

Words nearby roll-up

roll-over arm, Rolls-Royce, roll the bones, roll top, roll-top desk, roll-up, roll up one's sleeves, rollway, roll with the punches, roll-your-own, Rolodex
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Example sentences from the Web for roll-up

  • Prototypes are around for roll-up screens that look like paper, and a variety of lower-cost reading machines are in development.

    Who Says the Book Business Is Dead?|Peter Osnos|January 13, 2009|DAILY BEAST
  • That "roll-up" is pictured clearly before me now, and never again do I expect to be present at a more cruelly dramatic gathering.

    In Search of El Dorado|Alexander MacDonald
  • He had one large bundle; it contained a roll-up cork bed, in a waterproof casing.

    With Kitchener in the Soudan|G. A. Henty

British Dictionary definitions for roll-up

roll up

verb (adverb)

noun roll-up

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with roll-up

roll up

1

Accumulate, as in He rolled up a fortune in commodity trading, or She rolled up a huge number of votes in this district. [Mid-1800s]

2

Arrive in a vehicle, as in They rolled up in a taxi at exactly eight o'clock.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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