roller 音标拼音: [r'olɚ]
n . 滚筒,辊子,滚转机
滚筒,辊子,滚转机
roller 滚轮
roller n 1 :
a grounder that rolls along the infield 2 :
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore [
synonym :
{
roller }, {
roll }, {
rolling wave }]
3 :
a small wheel without spokes (
as on a roller skate )
4 :
a cylinder that revolves 5 :
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it ; "
a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight " [
synonym : {
curler }, {
hair curler }, {
roller }, {
crimper }]
6 :
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight ;
related to kingfishers 7 :
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground [
synonym : {
roller }, {
tumbler }, {
tumbler pigeon }]
Roller \
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n .
1 .
One who ,
or that which ,
rolls ;
especially ,
a cylinder ,
sometimes grooved ,
of wood ,
stone ,
metal ,
etc .,
used in husbandry and the arts .
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2 .
A bandage ;
a fillet ;
properly ,
a long and broad bandage used in surgery .
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3 . (
Naut .)
One of series of long ,
heavy waves which roll in upon a coast ,
sometimes in calm weather .
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4 .
A long ,
belt -
formed towel ,
to be suspended on a rolling cylinder ; --
called also {
roller towel }.
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5 . (
Print .)
A cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess ,
with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them . --
W .
Savage .
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6 .
A long cylinder on which something is rolled up ;
as ,
the roller of a map .
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7 .
A small wheel ,
as of a caster ,
a roller skate ,
etc .
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8 . (
Zool .)
Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves ;
a leaf roller .
see {
Tortrix }.
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9 . [
CF .
F .
rollier .] (
Zool .)
Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family {
Coraciadae }.
The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "
tumbling "
in flight .
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Note :
Many of the species are brilliantly colored .
The common European species ({
Coracias garrula })
has the head ,
neck ,
and under parts light blue varied with green ,
the scapulars chestnut brown ,
and the tail blue ,
green ,
and black .
The broad -
billed rollers of India and Africa belong to the genus {
Eurystomus },
as the oriental roller ({
Eurystomus orientalis }),
and the Australian roller ,
or dollar bird ({
Eurystomus Pacificus }).
The latter is dark brown on the head and neck ,
sea green on the back ,
and bright blue on the throat ,
base of the tail ,
and parts of the wings .
It has a silvery -
white spot on the middle of each wing .
The {
lilac -
breasted roller }
of Africa is {
Corcia caudata }
caudata ,
a brightly colored bird of the family {
Corciidae }
having malachite green ,
blue ,
purple -
lilac ,
brown and sea -
green feathers from head to tail ;
it is a popular sight with tourists in Africa .
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137 Moby Thesaurus words for "
roller ":
Ace bandage ,
Band -
Aid ,
abradant ,
abrasive ,
adhesive tape ,
application ,
band ,
bandage ,
bandaging ,
barrel ,
billow ,
binder ,
bole ,
bore ,
brace ,
breaker ,
breakers ,
burnish ,
calender ,
carousel ,
cask ,
cast ,
cataplasm ,
cheese grater ,
chop ,
choppiness ,
chopping sea ,
column ,
comb ,
comber ,
comminutor ,
compress ,
cotton ,
court plaster ,
cravat ,
crusher ,
cylinder ,
cylindroid ,
dirty water ,
disk ,
dressing ,
drum ,
eagre ,
elastic bandage ,
epithem ,
four -
tailed bandage ,
gauze ,
granulator ,
grater ,
gravity wave ,
grinder ,
ground swell ,
heave ,
heavy sea ,
heavy swell ,
kominuter ,
lawn -
roller ,
levigator ,
lift ,
lint ,
lop ,
mangle ,
masher ,
merry -
go -
round ,
mill ,
millstone ,
mortar and pestle ,
nutmeg grater ,
peak ,
pestle ,
pillar ,
pipe ,
plaster ,
plaster cast ,
pledget ,
polish ,
popple ,
poultice ,
pulverizer ,
quern ,
quernstone ,
riffle ,
ripple ,
rise ,
rock crusher ,
roll ,
roller bandage ,
rolling stone ,
rotator ,
rotor ,
rough water ,
rouleau ,
roundabout ,
rubber bandage ,
rundle ,
scend ,
sea ,
send ,
shredder ,
sleeker ,
slicker ,
sling ,
smooth ,
smoother ,
splint ,
sponge ,
steamroller ,
stupe ,
surf ,
surge ,
swell ,
tampon ,
tape ,
tent ,
tidal bore ,
tidal wave ,
tide wave ,
top ,
tourniquet ,
triangular bandage ,
triturator ,
trough ,
trunk ,
tsunami ,
tube ,
undulation ,
water wave ,
wave ,
wavelet ,
wheel ,
whirlabout ,
whirler ,
whirligig ,
white horses ,
whitecaps ,
windlass ,
wringer
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