| 单词 | rocker |
| 释义 | rocker (once / 3132 pages) 1n 2n 3n A rocker is a chair that can move gently forward and backward, or a rocker is someone who appreciates rock and roll music. You could be a rocker who rocks your rocker to the beat of Guns N' Roses. Rock on! You can also call a rocker a rocking chair. When a person is a rocker, they might be "someone who rocks in a rocking chair," but it's more likely that they're in a rock and roll band. Some rockers don't perform rock music, but they love it: "My dad was a total punk rocker back in the 80s." The chair meaning is from 18803 American English, while the rock and roll meaning originated in the 1960s. WORD FAMILYrocker: rockers+/rock: rocked, rocker, rockery, rocking, rocklike, rocks, rocky/rockery: rockeries/rocky: rockier, rockiest, rockily, rockiness USAGE EXAMPLESIncrease lighting and replace toggle switches with either a dimmer or a rocker switch. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) It explains both his long-term, for-all-ages vocal approach and why he was never a punk rocker. Slate(Dec 27, 2016) An MP revealed the veteran rockers were foregoing payment during a House of Commons debate. BBC(Dec 15, 2016) 1 1n a chair mounted on rockers Syn|Hypo|Hyper rocking chair Boston rocker a rocking chair that has a high spindle back and a decorative top panel platform rockerrocking chair on a stationary base shooflya child's rocking chair with the seat built between two flat sides that are shaped to resemble an animal (such as a swan or duck) chair a seat for one person, with a support for the back 2n a curved support that permits the supported object to rock to and fro Hyper support any device that bears the weight of another thing 3n an attendant who rocks a child in a cradle Hyper attendant, attender, tender someone who waits on or tends to or attends to the needs of another 4n an ice skate with a curved blade Hyper ice skate skate consisting of a boot with a steel blade fitted to the sole 5n a trough that can be rocked back and forth; used by gold miners to shake auriferous earth in water in order to separate the gold 2Syn|Hyper cradle trough a long narrow shallow receptacle n a performer or composer or fan of rock music 3Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper rock 'n' roll musician Charles Edward Berry United States rock singer (born in 1931) William John Clifton Haley Jr.United States rock singer who was one of the first to popularize rock'n'roll music (1925-1981) George HarrisonEnglish rock star; lead guitarist of the Beatles (1943-2001) Charles Hardin HolleyUnited States rock star (1936-1959) Michael Philip JaggerEnglish rock star (born in 1943) John LennonEnglish rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980) Jerry Lee LewisUnited States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935) Sir James Paul McCartneyEnglish rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) James Douglas MorrisonUnited States rock singer (1943-1971) Elvis Aron PresleyUnited States rock singer whose many hit records and flamboyant style greatly influenced American popular music (1935-1977) Richard Starkeyrock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) rock star a famous singer of rock music instrumentalist, musician, player someone who plays a musical instrument (as a profession) n a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles Hyper adolescent, stripling, teen, teenager a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity |
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