roller

noun
🔊/ˈrəʊlə(r)/
🔊/ˈrəʊlər/
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  1. a piece of wood, metal or plastic, like a tube in shape, that rolls over and over, used as a tool or as part of a machine, for example to make something flat or to move something滚筒;滚轴
    • Flatten the surface of the grass with a roller.用碾轧机把草轧平。🔊🔊
    • a paint roller滚筒式油漆刷
    • the heavy steel rollers under the conveyor belt传送带下沉重的钢滚筒
    • We'll need to move the piano on rollers.我们需要用滚子来移动钢琴。🔊🔊
    see also steamrollerTopics Engineeringc2
  2. a long, powerful wave in the sea卷浪;巨浪
    • Huge Atlantic rollers crashed onto the rocks.大西洋的巨浪冲击着岩石。🔊🔊
  3. a small plastic tube that hair is rolled around to make it curly 塑料发卷synonym curler
    • heated rollers经过加热的发卷
    • in rollers Her hair was in rollers.她的头发用发卷卷着。🔊🔊
    Topics Appearancec2
  4. see also high roller