rolling in
滚滚而来,滚滚而来的,滚来滚去,滚动的
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Definitions
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- : to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
- : to move or be moved on wheels, as a vehicle or its occupants.
- : to flow or advance in a stream or with an undulating motion, as water, waves, or smoke.
- : to extend in undulations, as land.
- : to elapse, pass, or move, as time.
- : to move as in a cycle: as soon as summer rolls round again.
- : to perform a periodical revolution in an orbit, as a heavenly body.
- : to emit or have a deep, prolonged sound, as thunder, drums, etc.
- : to trill, as a bird.
- : to revolve or turn over, once or repeatedly, as a wheel on an axis or a person or animal lying down.
- : to turn around in different directions or in a circle, as the eyes in their sockets.
- : to rock from side to side in open water.Compare heave, pitch. to sail with a side-to-side rocking motion.
- : to walk with a swinging or swaying gait.
- : Informal. to begin to move or operate; start; commence: Let's roll at sunrise.
- : Informal. to go forward or advance without restrictions or impediments: The economy is finally beginning to roll.
- : to curl up so as to form a tube or cylinder.
- : to admit of being formed into a tube or cylinder by curling up.
- : to be spread out after being curled up.
- : to spread out as under a roller: The paint rolls easily.
- : Aviation. to deviate from a stable flight attitude by rotation about its longitudinal axis.
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- : to cause to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a cask, a ball, or a hoop.
- : to move along on wheels or rollers; convey in a wheeled vehicle.
- : to drive, impel, or cause to flow onward with a sweeping or undulating motion: The wind rolled the waves high on the beach.
- : to utter or give forth with a full, flowing, continuous sound: rolling his orotund phrases.
- : to trill: I have trouble rolling my R’s in Spanish.
- : to cause to revolve or turn over or over and over: to roll oneself on one's face.
- : to cause to sway or rock from side to side, as a ship.
- : to wrap around an axis, around upon itself, or into a cylindrical shape, ball, or the like: to roll string.
- : to make by forming a tube or cylinder: to roll a cigarette.
- : to spread out flat: He rolled the map out on the table.
- : to wrap, enfold, or envelop, as in some covering: to roll a child in a blanket.
- : to spread out, level, smooth, compact, or the like, as with a rolling pin, roller, the hands, etc.: to roll dough; to roll a tennis court.
- : to form in a rolling mill.
- : 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.
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- : 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.
- : 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.
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- : 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.
- : 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.
Phrases
- roll around
- roll back
- roll in
- rolling stone
- roll in the aisles
- roll in the hay
- roll out
- roll over
- roll the bones
- roll up
- roll up one's sleeves
- roll with the punches
- easy as pie (rolling off a log)
- get rolling
- get the ball rolling
- heads will roll
- on a roll
- red carpet
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Finger-length rolls are reassuringly bundled in brown paper sleeves.
This roll out began on Wednesday, February 10, 2021, in the afternoon Pacific Time for queries in the US in English.
Looking back through my camera roll, it’s striking how quickly, and how persistently, I tried to weasel around these orders.
Market forces and monopolies aside, there are few other, more tangible barriers to a widespread renewable roll out.
As Google continues to expand these, I wouldn’t be surprised to see these roll out to new industries in 2021.
I think 2014 was my big rock and roll year, and 2015 is gonna be a really good year to hang around the house.
Ragtime, blues, country, jazz, soul, and rock and roll were all pioneered or inspired by black artists.
“Gently rolling hills” roll not-so-gently under my tires, but the English countryside scenery is soporific.
In previous decades, hip-hop was something typically preached against, much like rock & roll and heavy metal before it.
Roll the pork over the stuffing, like a jelly roll, until the seam is facing down and the fat back is on top.
If those jaspers flash any part of the roll in the Territory before snowfall, I'll get them.
While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
It reminds me of those snow-balls the boys roll up at home—the crowd gathers as it proceeds!
There a familiar sound met his ears—the roll of a drum followed by an incantation in a quavering, high-pitched voice.
They stood outside the window and the cook passed them their coffee and a roll, which they drank and ate from the window-sill.