| 单词 | roll |
| 释义 | roll I. 1. a. (1) < reading a certain passage from the roll — Robert Browning > specifically < chancery rolls > < rolls of parliament > < keeper of the rolls > — compare master of the rolls (2) < medieval rolls of arms > b. < place at the head of the roll of science has not been challenged — Times Literary Supplement > < a slipshod work that hardly belongs in the roll of his novels > < belongs in the roll of great actors > c. < the roll of registered voters > < the public relief rolls > as (1) (2) < when students other than day students are permitted to withdraw, or are dropped from the roll — College of William & Mary Cat. > < the teacher called the roll > (3) < the clerk called the roll and recorded the votes > (4) Britain (5) (6) 2. < great rolls of fat around his middle — T.B.Costain > < his head, which is bald on top, is outlined by a thick roll of curly black hair — Current Biography > < a roll of twine > as a. (1) < a roll of wrapping paper > < a roll of paper towels > (2) (3) b. < pageboy roll > c. d. (1) (2) (3) (4) < a blackberry roll > e. f. g. h. i. j. k. (1) < a man of the world who has a roll of bills in his pocket — Donald Windham > (2) slang < producers themselves anxiously cast about for angels willing to shoot their rolls on shows — Seymour Peck > 3. a. b. c. rolls plural d. e. II. transitive verb 1. a. < rolled the barrel down the hill > < rolled the hoop along the street > b. < were placed on the sheets and rolled in the flour — American Guide Series: Louisiana > c. (1) < already the girl was rolling her eyes and giggling — Ellen Glasgow > < rolled his head round in the direction of the curtained window — Elizabeth Bowen > < rolling his shoulders — F.M.Ford > (2) < rolled the great bomber like a jet fighter — Time > d. < the wind blowing over the empty prairies can roll tumbleweed as big as a bushel basket — Frances Gaither > e. < the river rolls its waters to the ocean > f. (1) (2) < I'll roll you to see who pays > 2. < my thoughts the matter roll, and solve and oft resolve the whole — R.W.Emerson > 3. a. < very pleasant to lie snugly rolled in blankets — John Seago > b. < rolled his hamlike hands into fists — Irene Kuhn > < rolled his own cigarettes > < rolled up the cloth > < rolled the bandage around his leg > 4. a. (1) < roll steel rails > < roll sheet-brass > < roll a field > < roll the dough > < roll cracker crumbs > < had seen too many minds rolled flat by academicism — T.M.Longstreth > (2) b. < implements should be examined to see whether they are rolled … or wind-worn, or relatively fresh — Notes & Queries on Anthropology > c. (1) < roll a form > (2) d. < if the weather was good we rolled our beds on the ground and slept in the open — Ross Santee > < in the grave throw me and roll the sod o'er me — Western Folklore > < roll out the red carpet > 5. a. < rolled the baby carriage to the store > b. < loved to be rolled through the park in an old-fashioned hansom cab > c. < tried to believe the hardest miles were rolled — A.B.Guthrie > d. < had the log house rolled to its present site — American Guide Series: Louisiana > e. < roll the cameras > 6. a. < rolled the psalm to wintry skies — Alfred Tennyson > — often used with out < rolled out the words so that everyone could hear > b. < local constables in remote hamlets rolled their drums to bring out the villagers — Time > c. < they might roll their r's and use their noses as trombones of conversation — Corra Harris > d. 7. < rolling lushes in the subway — Wolcott Gibbs > < had been doped, beaten up, and rolled — R.G.Martin > intransitive verb 1. a. < the ball rolled along the floor > b. (1) < the children rolled in the grass, or waded in the brook — Henry Adams > < the dog rolled in the mud > (2) < tragic to think that a man may be short of money whilst his children are rolling in it — J.D.Sheridan > c. < the months roll on > < five summers have rolled round since then — Douglass Cater > : elapse, pass < the years roll by — Fortnight > d. < the planets roll around the sun > 2. a. < a pair of eyes which rolled with malevolent curiosity — T.B.Costain > b. archaic c. < long has the globe been rolling round — Walt Whitman > 3. 4. a. < the waves roll on > < the clouds roll past > : go forward in an easy, gentle, or undulating manner < mists rolling down the mountain — Irish Digest > < the fog, which from the foot of the lawn rolled away … like a sea — R.M.Lovett > b. < cars rolling off the assembly line > < delegates rolled in from all parts of the country > < the money was rolling in > c. < catchy phrases, and sharp retorts that roll so freely from the tongues of the people he characterizes — H.H.Reichard > d. < most of it is prairie, but the prairie rolls and dips and curves — Sinclair Lewis > e. < the flowers rolled away in dizzy unbroken patterns to the horizon — Alan Moorehead > < to the west and south roll the grainfields — O.A.Fitzgerald > 5. a. < got in the car and were soon rolling at high speed > b. < the scattered debris rolled down the flooded river > c. < with a smooth hard-packed surface of snow, trucks can roll right along — Harold Griffin > 6. a. < the thunder rolls > < the drums roll > < a roar from the crowd rolled all around enveloping us — A.P.Gaskell > b. < listen to a rich voice which rolled out into the dusk — Margaret Kennedy > c. 7. a. < the ship still heaved and rolled on the heavy sea — C.S.Forester > < as he swam he rolled like a sick fish — Kenneth Roberts > b. < a heavy elderly peasant rolled in his gait — F.M.Ford > c. < rolled with the punch, but it caught his nose nevertheless — Edwin Corle > 8. a. < this cloth rolls unevenly > < laid my tarp on the ground and rolled up in every blanket I had — Ysabel Rennie > b. < the tennis court rolled easily after the shower > < the metal rolled out in flat bars > 9. a. < the fire engines rolled while the alarm bell was still ringing > < the company commander gave the signal to roll and the tanks moved out > b. < not enough real sting in demand to get business rolling at the speed many steelmakers had hoped for — Wall Street Journal > < rolled to a fourth term — Time > < the team was held scoreless during the third period, but in the fourth period they started to roll again > c. < the cameras were ready to roll > < the presses started to roll > d. < they went home after the late edition had rolled > 10. a. b. • - roll one's hoop - roll the bones - roll up one's sleeves III. 1. a. b. < no amount of circumlocution in English can do justice to the heavy roll of the Latin periods — R.W.Southern > c. < the roll of cannon > < the roll of thunder > < heard the slow, steady roll of the surf — Hamilton Basso > d. e. < bass roll > < bell roll > < water roll > 2. < the roll of the waves > < the roll of the ball > < a roll of the dice > < eyes with the hint of a roll in them — Clemence Dane > as a. < she walks slowly, easily, but with a slight roll — Constance Walsh > b. c. (1) (2) d. (1) < back roll > < chest roll > < shoulder roll > (2) e. f. 3. a. b. < the trees around the more distant spring are hidden behind a roll of the ground — G.R.Stewart > IV. • - on a roll |
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