roll/rəʊl/

vi

1. (圆形物体)滚动

• The ball rolled into the hole. 球滚到洞里去了。

2. (人或动物)打滚

• The cat is rolling on my bed. 那只猫在我的床上打滚。

3. (车辆等)行驶

• The truck rolled past before us. 卡车从我们面前驶过。

4. 被卷起；被绕起；被裹住

• The wire rolls slowly. 这种金属丝卷起来很慢。

5. (泪珠、汗水等)滚落

• The sweat rolled down his neck. 汗水沿着他的脖子往下淌。

6. (波涛等)翻滚

• The waves rolled onto the beach. 波浪翻滚，一直冲到海滩上。

7. (眼睛等)转动，旋转

• His eyes were rolling with fear. 他的眼睛因恐惧而骨碌碌地转。

8. (骰子)被掷

9. (船或车)左右摇晃，摇摆；(飞机)横滚，侧滚

• The ship rolled in the storm. 轮船在暴风雨中颠簸摇晃。

• The plane rolled in the clouds. 飞机在云层中颠簸着。

10. 被滚压；被辗；被擀，被烫平

• The dough does not roll well. 生面团不容易擀。

11. 蹒跚地走

• The man rolled out of a pub in the midnight. 那人在半夜从一家小酒馆蹒跚着走出来。

12. (雷、鼓等)发出连续而低沉的声音

• The drums rolled in the distance. 远处传来阵阵鼓声。

13. (机器、相机等)运转，启动

• The new equipment is rolling. 那套新设备正在运转。

14. (地势)起伏；伸展

• hills rolling away into the distance 连绵起伏一直延伸到远处的小山

vt

1. 使滚动

• The child rolls a hoop. 小孩滚(铁)环。

• Roll the ball to me. 把球滚给我。

2. 推车；用车载运

• There's a waiter rolling the cold dish cart around. 有一个侍者推着凉菜车走来走去。

3. 卷起，绕起，裹住

• roll a cigarette 卷一枝烟

• roll the newspaper (up) 把报纸卷起来

4. 转动(眼睛)

• The little girl rolls her eyes as her grandpa is telling a story. 爷爷讲故事的时候，小女孩滴溜溜地转动着一双眼睛。

5. 美 掷(骰子)，掷出(骰子数)

6. 把…压平，把…碾平

• The lawn should be well rolled. 草坪该好好碾一碾了。

7. (趁某人睡觉或喝醉时等)抢劫(某人)

• roll drunks in the street 在街上打劫醉汉

词组get rolling (计划等)开始运作

• When the project gets rolling, we'll have more time to think about other things. 当项目开始运作起来以后，我们就会有更多的时间来考虑别的事情了。

roll around

1. 转动

• The globe keeps rolling around all the time. 地球转动不息。

2. (季节)周而复始

• Autumn has rolled around. 秋天又来到了。

roll back

1. (使)滚回；(使)卷起

• The ball rolled back. 球滚回来了。

• Let's roll back the carpets and have a dance. 我们把地毯卷起来跳会儿舞吧。

2. 减少(政府等的权力或影响等)

• Neo-liberalism aims to roll back the borders of the state in economy. 新自由主义的目标在于减少政府对于经济活动的干预。

3. 减少，降低

• roll back taxes 减税

roll by

1. 驶过

• The little boy enjoys watching the cars roll by. 小男孩喜欢注视汽车驶过。

2. (时间)流逝

• Years rolled by. 岁月流逝。

rolled into one 合为一体，身兼多职

• He is artist，scientist and businessman (all) rolled into one. 他既是艺术家，又是科学家和实业家。

roll in 口

1. (云、雾等)滚滚而来

• Fog rolled in from the bottom of the valley. 雾气从谷底滚滚而来。

2. 大量涌来

• Greeting cards kept rolling in before Christmas. 圣诞节前，贺卡像雪花一样飞来。

3. 上床，就寝

roll out

1. 展开(卷起之物)

• roll out a red carpet 铺红地毯(隆重欢迎贵宾)

2. 俚 起床，起身

roll over 翻转

• roll over on one's back 翻身仰卧