to tumble in a box or barrel in such a way that their relative positions remain the same.
to beat with rapid, continuous strokes.
to cast, or throw.
Printing. to apply with a roller or series of rollers.
Slang. to rob, especially by going through the person’s pockets to find money: Bar staff had been rolling the tourists before sending them back to their hotels in taxis, and their victims never remembered a thing when they woke up.to mug by beating the victim unconscious and then stealing from that person: When we ran out of money, we rolled our dealer and took his stash.to beat up: New gang members were rolled as part of their initiation.
Slang. to defeat soundly: The home team rolled the visiting team and ran up the score in the final minutes of the game.
Slang. to deceive or manipulate in order to get one’s way or advance one’s agenda: The inexperienced new chairman was rolled by executives who never supported the company’s rebranding efforts.
n. 名词 noun
a document of paper, parchment, or the like, that is or may be rolled up, as for storing; scroll.
a list, register, or catalog, especially one containing the names of the persons belonging to a company, class, society, etc.
anything rolled up in a ringlike or cylindrical form: a roll of wire.
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a number of papers or other items rolled up together.
a length of cloth, wallpaper, or the like, rolled up in cylindrical form.
a cylindrical or rounded mass of something: rolls of fat.
some article of cylindrical or rounded form, as a molding.
a cylindrical piece upon which something is rolled along to facilitate moving.
a cylinder serving as a core upon which something is rolled up.
a roller with which something is spread out, leveled, crushed, smoothed, compacted, or the like.
Cooking. a small cake of bread, originally and still often rolled or doubled on itself before baking: a dinner roll with butter.thin cake spread with jelly or the like and rolled up: cinnamon rolls.meat rolled up and cooked: cabbage rolls with ground beef and rice.a kind of sushi, shaped into a cone, or into a cylinder that is sliced into bite-size pieces: We ordered some sashimi and a few rolls.
the act or process or an instance of rolling.
undulation, as of a surface: the roll of a prairie.
a sonorous or rhythmical flow of words.
a deep, prolonged sound, as of thunder: the deep roll of a breaking wave.
the trill of certain birds, especially of the roller canary.
the continuous sound of a drum rapidly beaten.
a rolling motion, as of a ship.
a rolling or swaying gait.
Aerospace. a single, complete rotation of an airplane about the axis of the fuselage with little loss of altitude or change of direction. the act of rolling. the angular displacement caused by rolling.
Informal. paper currency carried folded or rolled up: He took out an impressive roll and paid the check with a $100 bill.bankroll; funds: People were encouraged to shoot their rolls on mining speculation.
a single cast of or turn at casting the dice.the total number of pips or points made by a single cast; score or point.
v. 动词组 verb
roll back, to reduce to a former level, usually in response to government action.to restore to a previous state: The help desk suggested rolling back my computer’s operating system to eliminate the update that was causing the crashes.The laissez-faire policy would roll back some environmental regulations.to cause to retreat or withdraw.
roll in,Informal. to luxuriate in; abound in: rolling in money.to go to bed; retire: They would roll in later and later every night.to mix and average the cost of with that of a cheaper one so as to increase the retail price.to add: Labor wants to roll in periodic increases with their wage demands.to arrive, especially in large numbers or quantity: When do my dividends start rolling in?
roll out, to spread out or flatten: to roll out dough.Informal.to arise from bed; get up: It was nearly impossible to roll out on the first day back after vacation.Football.to execute a rollout.Informal.to introduce; unveil: a TV advertising campaign to roll out the new car.
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roll over,Business.to reinvest funds, especially a tax-free transfer of assets from one retirement plan to another.to overturn: The truck rolled over, and the driver hung by her seatbelt.to turn over: I rolled over in my sleep and nearly fell out of bed.
roll up, to accumulate; collect: to roll up a large vote.to increase.to arrive in a conveyance: He rolled up to the front door in a chauffeur-driven limousine.