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单词 rove
释义 rove
I.
Etymology: Middle English roof
past of rive
II. \ˈrōv\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English rewe, rufe, rove, from Old Norse
1. or roove \ˈrüv\ : burr 3 b
2. : the bight of a rope sling that receives the hook
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English roven
intransitive verb
1. : to shoot at rovers in archery
2.
 a. : to move aimlessly : roam, stray
  < criminals … roving about freely without either arrest or custodial restraint — H.E.Barnes >
  < members … roved restlessly from one committee meeting to another — Allan Nevins >
 b. : to follow a random course : ramble, wander
  < at first he did not follow her, his thoughts had roved so far — Ellen Glasgow >
  < feebly his glance roved over the figures by the bed — Mary Austin >
3. obsolete
 a. : to deviate from the point
  < from that mark how far they rove — John Milton >
 b. : to take random aim
 c. : guess
4. archaic : to troll with live bait
 < rove for a perch with a minnow — Izaak Walton >
5. dialect Britain : to be light-headed or delirious : rave
transitive verb
: to traverse aimlessly : wander through or over : roam
 < permit their progeny … to rove the forest — S.H.Adams >
 < letting her eyes rove the room as if she were planning … its decoration — Jean Stafford >
 < saw the searchlights roving the sky — Howard Hunt >
IV. noun
(-s)
: an act or instance of wandering
 < a sidelong rove of the eye — A.L.Kroeber >
V. noun
(-s)
Etymology: modification of Spanish & Portuguese arroba
obsolete : arroba
VI.
past of reeve
VII. \ˈrōv\ transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: to join (textile fibers) with a slight twist and draw out into roving
VIII. noun
(-s)
Etymology: origin unknown
: roving III 1
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