Word · Frequency #19120
rovings
漫游；游荡
rovings is the plural of roving.
The act of travelling around with no fixed destination or purpose.
- 1.
A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting.
一束长而窄的纤维,通常用于纺毛线或制毡。
- 2.
travelling about without any clear destination
漫无目的地游荡
- 3.
The process of giving the first twist to yarn.
给纱线加第一道捻的过程。
粗纱；纤维条；初捻；粗纺；一束长而窄的纤维,通常用于纺毛线或制毡。；漫无目的地游荡；给纱线加第一道捻的过程。
In use
His roving took him through many European countries.
She enjoyed the freedom of roving without a fixed itinerary.
The roving of the nomadic tribe was driven by the seasons.
Connections
Collocations
- wool roving
- 羊毛粗纱
- She bought wool roving to make felted decorations.她买了羊毛粗纱来做毡制装饰品。
- roving frame
- 粗纱机
- The roving frame twists the fiber into a loose strand.粗纱机将纤维加捻成松散的纱条。
- roving process
- 粗纱工序；初捻过程
- In the roving process, the sliver is drafted and given a slight twist.在粗纱工序中，生条被牵伸并加上轻微捻度。
- aimless roving
- 漫无目的的游荡
- He spent his youth in aimless roving from town to town.他年轻时在各个城镇漫无目的地游荡。
Idioms & figurative uses
- have a roving eye
- 对异性见一个爱一个；花心He is married but has a roving eye.他结婚了，却还是很花心。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：rove 意为漫游，加上 -ing，想象一个漫游者边走边把一束纤维捻成粗纱——粗纱与游荡两义就都记住了。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：textile manufacturing、wool spinning、craft felting、travel writing、literary narrative roving 作名词时，义项差异较大：在纺织行业中指“粗纱/纤维条”或“初捻”，多用于专业或手工制作语境；在文学或游记中则指“漫游、游荡”，比较书面。因此整体上多出现于书面或专业场合，日常口语中若表达“漫游”，用动词 wander/roam 更自然。
Grammar Note
通常为不可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
Only coving /ˈkoʊvɪŋ/ rhymes with roving /ˈroʊvɪŋ/ (same stressed /oʊ/ and following /vɪŋ/). The other five are spelling lookalikes that sound different because their stressed vowels differ: having /ˈhævɪŋ/, living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/, loving /ˈlʌvɪŋ/, moving /ˈmuːvɪŋ/, proving /ˈpruːvɪŋ/. All six share the transparent spelling chunk "ving" but not the same vowel sound.
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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