| 单词 | roller |
| 释义 | roller n. 1. a a hard revolving cylinder for smoothing the ground, spreading ink or paint, crushing or stamping, rolling up cloth on, hanging a towel on, etc., used alone or as a rotating part of a machine. b a cylinder for diminishing friction when moving a heavy object. 2. a small cylinder on which hair is rolled for setting. 3. a long swelling wave. 4. (also roller bandage) a long surgical bandage rolled up for convenient application. 5. a kind of tumbler-pigeon. 6. a any brilliantly plumaged bird of the family Coraciidae, with characteristic tumbling display-flight. b a breed of canary with a trilling song. Phrases and idioms roller bearing a bearing like a ball-bearing but with small cylinders instead of balls. roller-coaster n. a switchback at a fair etc. --adj that goes up and down, or changes, suddenly and repeatedly. --vintr. (or roller-coast) go up and down or change in this way. roller-skate see SKATE(1). roller-skater a person who roller-skates. roller towel a towel with the ends joined, hung on a roller. |
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