Word · CEFR A2 · Frequency #1856
roll
卷状物；一卷
a thing that has been rolled up into a cylindrical or compact shape, such as a roll of paper
- 1.
The act or result of rolling, or state of being rolled.
滚动的动作或结果,或被滚动的状态。
- 2.
That which is rolled up.
- 3.
rotary motion of an object around its own axis
物体绕自身轴的旋转运动
- 4.
Something formed into a compact shape by being rolled up.
卷成紧凑形状的东西。
- 5.
A document written on a piece of parchment, paper, or other materials which may be rolled up; a scroll.
- 6.
a list of names
名单
- 7.
A forward or backward roll in gymnastics; going head over heels. A tumble.
体操中的前滚翻或后滚翻；翻跟头；跌倒。
- 8.
An official or public document; a register; a record.
- 9.
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
向岸边推进的长而大的海浪
- 10.
Something which rolls.
能滚动的东西。
- 11.
A catalogue or list, (especially) one kept for official purposes.
- 12.
A swagger or rolling gait.
大摇大摆或摇晃的步伐。
- 13.
A food preparation comprising one or more ingredients wrapped in, e.g., flatbread, lettuce leaf, etc.
- 14.
A heavy, reverberatory sound.
沉重、回荡的声音。
- 15.
A quantity of cloth wound into a cylindrical form.
- 16.
The uniform beating of a drum with strokes so rapid as scarcely to be distinguished by the ear.
鼓声急促连续敲击,几乎无法分辨单次击打的声音。
- 17.
A cylindrical twist of tobacco.
- 18.
The oscillating movement of a nautical vessel as it rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis, causing its sides to go up and down, as distinguished from the alternate rise and fall of bow and stern called pitching; or the equivalent in an aircraft.
船舶绕纵轴左右摇摆的运动,船身两侧上下起伏,区别于船首尾交替升降的纵摇；也指飞机的类似运动。
- 19.
A kind of shortened raised biscuit or bread, often rolled or doubled upon itself; see also bread roll.
- 20.
The measure or extent to which a vessel rotates from side to side, about its fore-and-aft axis.
船舶绕纵轴左右摇摆的程度或幅度。
- 21.
A measure of parchments, containing five dozen.
- 22.
The rotation angle about the longitudinal axis.
绕纵轴旋转的角度。
- 23.
An instance of the act of rolling an aircraft through one or more complete rotations about its longitudinal axis.
飞机绕纵轴完成一次或多次完整旋转的动作实例。
- 24.
The act of, or total resulting from, rolling one or more dice.
- 25.
A winning streak of continuing luck, especially at gambling (and especially in the phrase on a roll).
- 26.
A training match for a fighting dog.
- 27.
The skill of righting a canoe or kayak which has capsized, without exiting the watercraft, or being assisted.
- 28.
Any of various financial instruments or transactions that involve opposite positions at different expiries, "rolling" a position from one expiry to another.
- 29.
An operation similar to a bit shift, but with the bit that "falls off the end" being wrapped around to the other end.
- 30.
A 14-day deployment.
名单；名册；登记表；滚动；旋转；翻滚；跟头；卷轴；书卷；巨浪；波涛
In use
The sudden roll of the ship made everyone grab the railing.
The teacher called the roll at the beginning of class.
The powerful roll of the waves crashed against the cliff.
his name was struck off the rolls
Connections
Collocations
- bread roll
- 小圆面包
- I had a bread roll with butter for breakfast.我早餐吃了一个黄油小圆面包。
- roll of bills
- 一叠钞票
- The bank robber grabbed a roll of bills from the vault.银行劫匪从金库中抢走了一叠钞票。
- roll of the dice
- 掷骰子
- With one lucky roll of the dice, he won the game.一次幸运的掷骰子，他赢了比赛。
- roll of paper
- 一卷纸
- He bought a roll of paper to wrap the gift.他买了一卷纸来包礼物。
- barrel roll
- 桶滚
- The pilot performed a barrel roll in the air show.飞行员在飞行表演中做了一个桶滚动作。
- roll of film
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象一个圆形的面包卷（roll）在地上滚动（roll），发音像中文的‘揉’。
Context & Register
register: neutral; typical settings: food, bakery. 多用于指小圆面包，在餐饮场合使用，语体中性。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words rhyme with roll (same /oʊl/ ending). Words like 'doll' or 'poll' may look similar but have different pronunciations (e.g., doll /dɑl/).
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 4，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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