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noun rəʊtʃroʊtʃ informal 1North American A cockroach. 〈主北美〉蟑螂 Example sentencesExamples - A roach crawled out from under the bed, making her scream.
- She told me that he refused to kill roaches and that she had seen them walking in and out of his sugar bowl.
- But once we started asking questions, none of those women would say that they had ever had pests, rodents, or roaches in their homes.
- He was certain there were roaches scurrying about.
- Sofia tells them about the horrid and rancid conditions in which she lives, with fleas, vermin, roaches, and about her job cleaning the dirty sheets.
- All we could see was a small roach crawling up the wall.
- Wouldn't you at least make the slightest noise when there's a roach climbing up your leg?
- Pizza boxes would be kicked to knock out the roaches and the mice droppings before being used for a delivery.
- And they've also found two new mutations that make the roaches more resistant to pyrethroid and related insecticides.
- For your gaming pleasure, a whole new assortment of mutant insects have been created including killer roaches, acid-shooting houseflies and fire ants.
- I see a roach making its way toward the closet door.
- At the back of the drainboard, smack in the middle of the dishcloth, a small brown roach waved his antennae sluggishly-sick, no doubt, confusing his nights and days.
- When I was a graduate student, the room we were staying in had roaches.
2A roll of card or paper that forms the butt of a cannabis cigarette. （大麻卷烟的）烟蒂 Example sentencesExamples - I went from car to car in the lot, going up to people's windows when they pulled in, even people I didn't know, but nobody even had a roach.
OriginEarly 19th century: shortening of cockroach; sense 2 dates from the 1930s and may represent a different word. cockroach from early 17th century: The early written form of cockroach was cacaroch, from the Spanish cucaracha ‘cockroach’. People adapted the spelling to make it fit in better with the more familiar English words cock and roach (Middle English), the freshwater fish, whose origin is unknown.
Rhymesapproach, broach, brooch, coach, encroach, loach, poach, reproach noun rəʊtʃroʊtʃ An edible Eurasian freshwater fish of the carp family, popular with anglers. It can hybridize with related fishes, notably rudd and bream. 拟鲤 Rutilus rutilus, family Cyprinidae Example sentencesExamples - A shoal of small roach will appear as a black cloud suspended in mid water.
- I loved to fish there and caught roach and perch as well as the odd boot.
- I caught another two nice roach before catching a few bream up to over five pounds.
- Both had a single bream plus plenty of small roach on feeder tactics.
- I had had about 10 good quality roach when I struck into a real fly away bite.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French roche, of unknown ultimate origin. noun rəʊtʃroʊtʃ Sailing A curved part of a fore-and-aft sail extending beyond a straight line between any two of its three corners, especially on the leech side. 〔航海〕帆边凹弧 full-length battens permit a more pronounced roach
OriginLate 18th century: of unknown origin. nounrōCHroʊtʃ informal 1North American A cockroach. 〈主北美〉蟑螂 Example sentencesExamples - All we could see was a small roach crawling up the wall.
- Sofia tells them about the horrid and rancid conditions in which she lives, with fleas, vermin, roaches, and about her job cleaning the dirty sheets.
- I see a roach making its way toward the closet door.
- And they've also found two new mutations that make the roaches more resistant to pyrethroid and related insecticides.
- But once we started asking questions, none of those women would say that they had ever had pests, rodents, or roaches in their homes.
- He was certain there were roaches scurrying about.
- When I was a graduate student, the room we were staying in had roaches.
- Wouldn't you at least make the slightest noise when there's a roach climbing up your leg?
- A roach crawled out from under the bed, making her scream.
- For your gaming pleasure, a whole new assortment of mutant insects have been created including killer roaches, acid-shooting houseflies and fire ants.
- She told me that he refused to kill roaches and that she had seen them walking in and out of his sugar bowl.
- Pizza boxes would be kicked to knock out the roaches and the mice droppings before being used for a delivery.
- At the back of the drainboard, smack in the middle of the dishcloth, a small brown roach waved his antennae sluggishly-sick, no doubt, confusing his nights and days.
2The butt of a marijuana cigarette. Example sentencesExamples - I went from car to car in the lot, going up to people's windows when they pulled in, even people I didn't know, but nobody even had a roach.
OriginEarly 19th century: shortening of cockroach; roach (sense 2) dates from the 1930s and may represent a different word. nounrōCHroʊtʃ An edible Eurasian freshwater fish of the minnow family, popular with anglers. It can hybridize with related fishes, notably rudd and bream. 拟鲤 Rutilus rutilus, family Cyprinidae Example sentencesExamples - I caught another two nice roach before catching a few bream up to over five pounds.
- Both had a single bream plus plenty of small roach on feeder tactics.
- A shoal of small roach will appear as a black cloud suspended in mid water.
- I had had about 10 good quality roach when I struck into a real fly away bite.
- I loved to fish there and caught roach and perch as well as the odd boot.
OriginMiddle English: from Old French roche, of unknown ultimate origin. nounrōCHroʊtʃ Sailing A curve, in or out, in the edge of a sail, especially in the leech of a fore-and-aft sail. full-length battens permit a more pronounced roach
OriginLate 18th century: of unknown origin. |