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单词 rocker
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Definition of rocker in English:

rocker

noun ˈrɒkəˈrɑkər
  • 1A person who performs, dances to, or enjoys rock music.

    (尤指某种)摇滚乐演奏者;摇滚歌手;摇滚乐迷

    a punk rocker

    一个朋克摇滚乐迷。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Greenfield says his collaboration with the legendary punk rocker isn't as unlikely as it seems.
    • He kicked the jack-of-all-trades route to the curb, got himself a band, and made a quick metamorphosis into a brash rocker.
    • The disc's third documentary short resurrects the happening '80s music that propels the movie's soundtrack, including several of the rockers who recorded it.
    • The long-time friend of the rocker and his family made a series of drawings of Ramone which was projected as a backdrop for the musicians appearing in concert.
    • As it stands, Earle is today probably best known more as a radical than as a rocker.
    • The music industry may be in a frenzy over them, but stadium rockers they are not.
    • The photogenic New Wave mannequins and hair metal rockers that the channel enjoyed such success with in the '80s were being replaced by grunge and alternative artists.
    • About the closest I could relate to it was my teenage days as a Goth rocker, when my girlfriend used to put some white face on me to take away my tan, and we wore all black.
    • These four mysterious rockers have produced some of the most beloved music of our time.
    • Onstage he is not the most charismatic, call and response rocker on the planet.
    • When one of France's coolest film-makers tried to find the ideal place for a junkie rocker and his messed-up wife to hit bottom, only one location would do: Hamilton.
    • The Irish rockers captured the crowd's attention from the moment they took the stage, through sheer force of sincerity.
    • Still he plays his instrument of choice with all the skill and power of any standard rocker.
    • Sam did several music videos, often surrounding himself with big name rockers.
    • Two weeks ago it was announced the bassist had split from the glam rockers over " musical differences".
    • Both men can't believe they still get to do something that they truly love, and each on has a unique take one being an aging rocker.
    • Dark, in need of a haircut and pathologically thin, he looked like a down-at-the-heels rocker.
    • He is one of the most underrated rockers of the 20th century, an enormously talented musician whose misfortunes have completely eclipsed his importance in modern music.
    • The actor plays the fictional rocker Blake as he lives out his last days in a remote house in Seattle.
    • As an old rocker myself, of course I am familiar with the band Blondie.
    1. 1.1 A rock song.
      摇滚歌曲
      the collection kick-starts with a great rocker, Wired All Night
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The soundtrack disc includes vintage rockers by Sweet and Girlschool and new songs by Creeper, a band fronted by the one and only Dean.
      • The overall pace is so even you scarcely notice when the odd rocker slips by, creating a slightly flatter feel than the songs deserve.
    2. 1.2British A young person, especially in the 1960s, belonging to a subculture characterized by leather clothing, riding motorcycles, and a liking for rock music.
      〈英〉摇滚崽(尤指英国20世纪60年代身穿皮衣、骑摩托车、喜欢摇滚乐的亚文化群青少年)
  • 2A rocking device forming part of a mechanism, especially one for controlling the positions of brushes in a dynamo.

    (尤指用以控制发电机中电刷位置的)摇动装置;摇动操作装置

  • 3A curved bar or similar support on which something such as a chair or cradle can rock.

    (摇椅、摇篮等的)弧形弯脚

    1. 3.1 A rocking chair.
      摇椅
      he sat in his rocker and went to sleep
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Other items remained recognizable as parts of domestic or industrial objects, including the curving back of a wicker love seat, bundles of chair and table legs, and the back of a bentwood rocker.
      • I remembered how she could sit in that rocker for hours and hours and hours and make designs.
      • As far as I know, ‘Auntie ‘did nothing all day but sit in a rocker and crochet multi-colored shawls and comforters and stuff like that.’
      • Next to the photo was a smaller model of the Halston rocker, a kind of splayed chair with a narrow back that looked terribly uncomfortable.
      • The mailbox is dilapidated, the porch has a dog on it, the porch chair is a rocker and the man rocking in the chair is smoking a pipe.
      • Pull your rocker onto the back porch, or spread your blanket on the roof, turn on the fan and enjoy the quiet.
  • 4mass noun The amount of curvature in the longitudinal contour of a boat or surfboard.

    (船、冲浪板的)上升弧线

    the hull lines are classic with considerable rocker

Phrases

  • off one's rocker

    • informal Mad.

      〈非正式〉发疯的

      he looked so strange she thought he was off his rocker
      Example sentencesExamples
      • To go in the ring and have it not faze you to be so severely punished like that, you have to be a bit off your rocker.
      • Dressed in the gaudiest of outfits and wearing a wig that appears to be made out of 13 poodles, Dennis is adorably loony and off her rocker.
      • For a minute there, before I realized the woman was off her rocker, I was scared.
      • When I got back home, my friends thought I was off my rocker.
      • You might have been considered off your rocker to buy one of these modernist homes.
      • So anybody who comes along and says we didn't explain there were some risks is off their rocker.
      • When his attempts to do so fail miserably, Phillip starts to go off his rocker.
      • While I think the Irwin family is off their rockers, I do believe they make for great television.
      • Lest you think me completely off my rocker, I should explain that I'm judging this movie as what it is, a kids' movie.
      • Some think that she's fallen off her rocker as her training schedule runs up to 14 practices a week.
      Synonyms
      severely mentally ill, mentally ill, insane, mad, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, not together, crazed, maniac, maniacal, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare

Rhymes

blocker, chocker, docker, Fokker, interlocker, locker, mocha, mocker, ocker, quokka, saltimbocca, shocker, soccer, stocker

Definition of rocker in US English:

rocker

nounˈrɑkərˈräkər
  • 1A person who performs, dances to, or enjoys rock music, especially of a particular type.

    (尤指某种)摇滚乐演奏者;摇滚歌手;摇滚乐迷

    a punk rocker

    一个朋克摇滚乐迷。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Greenfield says his collaboration with the legendary punk rocker isn't as unlikely as it seems.
    • The photogenic New Wave mannequins and hair metal rockers that the channel enjoyed such success with in the '80s were being replaced by grunge and alternative artists.
    • Still he plays his instrument of choice with all the skill and power of any standard rocker.
    • The Irish rockers captured the crowd's attention from the moment they took the stage, through sheer force of sincerity.
    • When one of France's coolest film-makers tried to find the ideal place for a junkie rocker and his messed-up wife to hit bottom, only one location would do: Hamilton.
    • He kicked the jack-of-all-trades route to the curb, got himself a band, and made a quick metamorphosis into a brash rocker.
    • Both men can't believe they still get to do something that they truly love, and each on has a unique take one being an aging rocker.
    • About the closest I could relate to it was my teenage days as a Goth rocker, when my girlfriend used to put some white face on me to take away my tan, and we wore all black.
    • These four mysterious rockers have produced some of the most beloved music of our time.
    • The long-time friend of the rocker and his family made a series of drawings of Ramone which was projected as a backdrop for the musicians appearing in concert.
    • Two weeks ago it was announced the bassist had split from the glam rockers over " musical differences".
    • Dark, in need of a haircut and pathologically thin, he looked like a down-at-the-heels rocker.
    • Onstage he is not the most charismatic, call and response rocker on the planet.
    • The music industry may be in a frenzy over them, but stadium rockers they are not.
    • He is one of the most underrated rockers of the 20th century, an enormously talented musician whose misfortunes have completely eclipsed his importance in modern music.
    • Sam did several music videos, often surrounding himself with big name rockers.
    • As an old rocker myself, of course I am familiar with the band Blondie.
    • As it stands, Earle is today probably best known more as a radical than as a rocker.
    • The disc's third documentary short resurrects the happening '80s music that propels the movie's soundtrack, including several of the rockers who recorded it.
    • The actor plays the fictional rocker Blake as he lives out his last days in a remote house in Seattle.
    1. 1.1 A rock song.
      摇滚歌曲
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The overall pace is so even you scarcely notice when the odd rocker slips by, creating a slightly flatter feel than the songs deserve.
      • The soundtrack disc includes vintage rockers by Sweet and Girlschool and new songs by Creeper, a band fronted by the one and only Dean.
  • 2A rocking device forming part of a mechanism, especially one for controlling the positions of brushes in a generator.

    (尤指用以控制发电机中电刷位置的)摇动装置;摇动操作装置

  • 3A curved bar or similar support on which something such as a chair or cradle can rock.

    (摇椅、摇篮等的)弧形弯脚

    1. 3.1 A rocking chair.
      摇椅
      Example sentencesExamples
      • I remembered how she could sit in that rocker for hours and hours and hours and make designs.
      • Next to the photo was a smaller model of the Halston rocker, a kind of splayed chair with a narrow back that looked terribly uncomfortable.
      • As far as I know, ‘Auntie ‘did nothing all day but sit in a rocker and crochet multi-colored shawls and comforters and stuff like that.’
      • Other items remained recognizable as parts of domestic or industrial objects, including the curving back of a wicker love seat, bundles of chair and table legs, and the back of a bentwood rocker.
      • The mailbox is dilapidated, the porch has a dog on it, the porch chair is a rocker and the man rocking in the chair is smoking a pipe.
      • Pull your rocker onto the back porch, or spread your blanket on the roof, turn on the fan and enjoy the quiet.
  • 4The amount of curvature in the longitudinal contour of a boat or surfboard.

    (船、冲浪板的)上升弧线

  • 5Any of the curved stripes below the chevron of a noncommissioned officer above the rank of sergeant.

    1. 5.1 The curved strip above the chevron of a chief petty officer.

Phrases

  • off one's rocker

    • informal Insane.

      Example sentencesExamples
      • To go in the ring and have it not faze you to be so severely punished like that, you have to be a bit off your rocker.
      • While I think the Irwin family is off their rockers, I do believe they make for great television.
      • Dressed in the gaudiest of outfits and wearing a wig that appears to be made out of 13 poodles, Dennis is adorably loony and off her rocker.
      • When I got back home, my friends thought I was off my rocker.
      • So anybody who comes along and says we didn't explain there were some risks is off their rocker.
      • When his attempts to do so fail miserably, Phillip starts to go off his rocker.
      • Some think that she's fallen off her rocker as her training schedule runs up to 14 practices a week.
      • Lest you think me completely off my rocker, I should explain that I'm judging this movie as what it is, a kids' movie.
      • For a minute there, before I realized the woman was off her rocker, I was scared.
      • You might have been considered off your rocker to buy one of these modernist homes.
      Synonyms
      severely mentally ill, mentally ill, insane, mad, certifiable, deranged, demented, of unsound mind, out of one's mind, not in one's right mind, not together, crazed, maniac, maniacal, lunatic, unbalanced, unhinged, unstable, disturbed, distracted, stark mad, manic, frenzied, raving, distraught, frantic, hysterical, delirious, mad as a hatter, mad as a march hare
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