Definition of roller coaster in English:

roller coaster

noun

1A fairground attraction that consists of a light railway track which has many tight turns and steep slopes on which people ride in small, fast open carriages.
（游乐场的）环滑车道；环滑车
as modifier a roller-coaster ride
Example sentencesExamples
- Notwithstanding, I learned a thing or two from the roller-coaster operator.
- There is a rather run-down amusement park with roller-coasters, a tower restaurant, and a dolphinarium presently under reconstruction.
- Unlike the roller coaster ride from the night before, our drive to his father's house wasn't nearly as long.
- They rode a roller coaster, ate ice cream, and played games.
- Jimmy and I liked fast rides like the roller coaster.
- Currently there are well over 1,000 members worldwide who share the same dedication and enthusiasm for roller-coasters.
- It was like riding a roller coaster in the dark, only without seatbelts or a track.
- She stood outside beside the exit door, and watched the rows of television screens displaying pictures of the roller coaster ride.
- Watching a video of a roller coaster ride will never bring on the same sense of vertigo as the real deal.
- She threw up after riding on a roller coaster five times.
- The fireball rammed into the roller coaster car and the whole part of the roller coaster track and the car blew up.
- Their feet out in front of them, silhouetted against the twilight sky, travelling from one end of the park to the other, looking down at roller-coasters and parked cars.
- But we rode a roller coaster in Toronto with her on the fairgrounds after the show.
- In the neutral condition, he chose the video clip depicting the roller coaster ride.
- Do you go to an amusement park with your five friends in order to watch one friend ride the roller coaster?
- You fancy some shooting, or a ride in the roller coaster.
- It felt like when you're riding a really fast roller coaster, only a hundred times worse.
- Instead of your kids getting sick on the roller-coasters, they can involve themselves in their possible future careers.
- DisneySea offers booze, a hair-raising roller coaster ride in a mock Incan temple, and an on-site spa.
- My heart gave a little flutter and my stomach dropped like I was going down a steep hill on a roller coaster, or over train tracks in the car.
1. 1.1 Something characterized by wild and unpredictable changes.
  〈喻〉急转突变
  a terrific roller coaster of a book
  一本书中绝妙的急转突变事件。
  Example sentencesExamples
  We've had some success, but we're riding a roller coaster.
  It has been a roller-coaster year for those involved in the information technology sector, with fears over-riding the thrills as those still in employment clung on to their jobs.
  It must have been a roller coaster ride for you as well.
  Having a teenager in the family can mean you're in for an emotional roller-coaster ride.
  As interest rates have begun to rise, the real estate market nears the top of the roller coaster ride.
  Dram prices are on the up again, thanks to makers manipulating the roller-coaster memory market.
  This roller coaster ride of a novel is all about a young bicycle messenger who suddenly finds himself a prime suspect in the murder of a low-end criminal defense lawyer.
  The roller coaster ride she took me on spooked me.
  I felt like I'd just finished a roller coaster ride that I hadn't realized twisted upside down several times and now I wanted to heave.
  Nicely written sentences and a roller-coaster ending do not compensate for shallowness of meaning and lazy characterisation.
  The trademark roller-coaster narrative has been replaced by something more subtler, more powerful, but lacking none of the ambition or scope.
  I know that exaggerating my own roller-coaster reactions would be almost impossible.
  It all goes back to the roller-coaster nature of programming.
  How about simply the fact that I am miraculously still alive today after a lifelong roller coaster ride?
  For the next six months, I was forced to ride a roller coaster whose tracks were leading to only one place - my destruction.
  I asked feeling like I had just gone over another hill on the roller coaster ride I was on.
  But the book's message, and its roller-coaster style, ultimately triumphs over such complaints and concerns.
  It then started its wild roller-coaster ride, first up well into double digits by 1981, then down to zero, a move that twenty years later is still in progress.
  The suspense here is of the slow-burn variety, rather than the non-stop roller coaster ride of thrillers that just go for the adrenaline rush.
  Since we first met, it had been a roller coaster ride with its ups and downs.
  Synonyms
  tempestuous, stormy, unstable, unsettled, tumultuous, explosive, in turmoil, full of upheavals, full of conflict, full of ups and downs, roller-coaster, chaotic, full of confusion

verb

[no object]

Move, change, or occur in a dramatically changeable manner.
大起大落；急转突变
the twentieth century fades behind us and history roller-coasters on
20世纪消失在我们身后，历史将继续在变幻莫测中向前发展。
Example sentencesExamples
- And then he is off, roller-coasting through all the live issues in education, a man who is not afraid to say what he thinks and who brings huge energy and passion to his opinions.
- Things went well until mid May, since then my motivation has roller-coastered, and often I have a hard time motivating myself to train hard or get my heart rate up.
- Try roller-coasting over Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy Hill and Scald Law, and let the wide open skies and the distant horizons exhilarate you.
- Last Sunday I tried to express my uneasy feeling that rollicking values would soon be roller-coastering downhill.
- And you are left to roller-coast upside-down, rocket skywards, plunge down make-believe waterfalls, fall to earth in plummeting lifts, shoot round tracks in test cars, whiz through space in the dark or take off for Mars.
- Like most people, I'm roller-coasting: Nothing means anything, everything's urgent, life's precious or, obviously, expendable.
- I popped up and crouched, and when I'd gotten ahead of the crashing white, I roller-coastered to the top of the lip and shot back down.
- The raft roller-coastered, bounced through the rapids, slammed into turbulent water.
Synonyms
inconsistent, variable, varying, changeable, irregular, fluctuating, intermittent, wavering, erratic, patchy

Definition of roller coaster in US English:

roller coaster

nounˈˌroʊlər ˈkoʊstərˈˌrōlər ˈkōstər

1An amusement park attraction that consists of a light railroad track with many tight turns and steep slopes, on which people ride in small fast open cars.
（游乐场的）环滑车道；环滑车
Example sentencesExamples
- Jimmy and I liked fast rides like the roller coaster.
- There is a rather run-down amusement park with roller-coasters, a tower restaurant, and a dolphinarium presently under reconstruction.
- You fancy some shooting, or a ride in the roller coaster.
- It felt like when you're riding a really fast roller coaster, only a hundred times worse.
- Their feet out in front of them, silhouetted against the twilight sky, travelling from one end of the park to the other, looking down at roller-coasters and parked cars.
- The fireball rammed into the roller coaster car and the whole part of the roller coaster track and the car blew up.
- But we rode a roller coaster in Toronto with her on the fairgrounds after the show.
- DisneySea offers booze, a hair-raising roller coaster ride in a mock Incan temple, and an on-site spa.
- Instead of your kids getting sick on the roller-coasters, they can involve themselves in their possible future careers.
- Unlike the roller coaster ride from the night before, our drive to his father's house wasn't nearly as long.
- It was like riding a roller coaster in the dark, only without seatbelts or a track.
- She stood outside beside the exit door, and watched the rows of television screens displaying pictures of the roller coaster ride.
- Watching a video of a roller coaster ride will never bring on the same sense of vertigo as the real deal.
- She threw up after riding on a roller coaster five times.
- Notwithstanding, I learned a thing or two from the roller-coaster operator.
- They rode a roller coaster, ate ice cream, and played games.
- In the neutral condition, he chose the video clip depicting the roller coaster ride.
- Do you go to an amusement park with your five friends in order to watch one friend ride the roller coaster?
- Currently there are well over 1,000 members worldwide who share the same dedication and enthusiasm for roller-coasters.
- My heart gave a little flutter and my stomach dropped like I was going down a steep hill on a roller coaster, or over train tracks in the car.
1. 1.1 A thing that contains or goes through wild and unpredictable changes.
  〈喻〉急转突变
  a terrific roller coaster of a book
  一本书中绝妙的急转突变事件。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The roller coaster ride she took me on spooked me.
  Since we first met, it had been a roller coaster ride with its ups and downs.
  It has been a roller-coaster year for those involved in the information technology sector, with fears over-riding the thrills as those still in employment clung on to their jobs.
  The trademark roller-coaster narrative has been replaced by something more subtler, more powerful, but lacking none of the ambition or scope.
  It then started its wild roller-coaster ride, first up well into double digits by 1981, then down to zero, a move that twenty years later is still in progress.
  I felt like I'd just finished a roller coaster ride that I hadn't realized twisted upside down several times and now I wanted to heave.
  This roller coaster ride of a novel is all about a young bicycle messenger who suddenly finds himself a prime suspect in the murder of a low-end criminal defense lawyer.
  But the book's message, and its roller-coaster style, ultimately triumphs over such complaints and concerns.
  For the next six months, I was forced to ride a roller coaster whose tracks were leading to only one place - my destruction.
  The suspense here is of the slow-burn variety, rather than the non-stop roller coaster ride of thrillers that just go for the adrenaline rush.
  As interest rates have begun to rise, the real estate market nears the top of the roller coaster ride.
  It must have been a roller coaster ride for you as well.
  Having a teenager in the family can mean you're in for an emotional roller-coaster ride.
  How about simply the fact that I am miraculously still alive today after a lifelong roller coaster ride?
  I asked feeling like I had just gone over another hill on the roller coaster ride I was on.
  I know that exaggerating my own roller-coaster reactions would be almost impossible.
  Nicely written sentences and a roller-coaster ending do not compensate for shallowness of meaning and lazy characterisation.
  We've had some success, but we're riding a roller coaster.
  Dram prices are on the up again, thanks to makers manipulating the roller-coaster memory market.
  It all goes back to the roller-coaster nature of programming.
  Synonyms
  tempestuous, stormy, unstable, unsettled, tumultuous, explosive, in turmoil, full of upheavals, full of conflict, full of ups and downs, roller-coaster, chaotic, full of confusion

verbˈˌroʊlər ˈkoʊstərˈˌrōlər ˈkōstər

[no object]

Move, change, or occur in the dramatically changeable manner of a roller coaster.
大起大落；急转突变
the twentieth century fades behind us and history roller-coasters on
20世纪消失在我们身后，历史将继续在变幻莫测中向前发展。
Example sentencesExamples
- The raft roller-coastered, bounced through the rapids, slammed into turbulent water.
- And you are left to roller-coast upside-down, rocket skywards, plunge down make-believe waterfalls, fall to earth in plummeting lifts, shoot round tracks in test cars, whiz through space in the dark or take off for Mars.
- Try roller-coasting over Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy Hill and Scald Law, and let the wide open skies and the distant horizons exhilarate you.
- Things went well until mid May, since then my motivation has roller-coastered, and often I have a hard time motivating myself to train hard or get my heart rate up.
- Last Sunday I tried to express my uneasy feeling that rollicking values would soon be roller-coastering downhill.
- And then he is off, roller-coasting through all the live issues in education, a man who is not afraid to say what he thinks and who brings huge energy and passion to his opinions.
- Like most people, I'm roller-coasting: Nothing means anything, everything's urgent, life's precious or, obviously, expendable.
- I popped up and crouched, and when I'd gotten ahead of the crashing white, I roller-coastered to the top of the lip and shot back down.
Synonyms
inconsistent, variable, varying, changeable, irregular, fluctuating, intermittent, wavering, erratic, patchy

单词	roller coaster
释义	Definition of roller coaster in English: roller coaster noun 1A fairground attraction that consists of a light railway track which has many tight turns and steep slopes on which people ride in small, fast open carriages. （游乐场的）环滑车道；环滑车 as modifier a roller-coaster ride Example sentencesExamples Notwithstanding, I learned a thing or two from the roller-coaster operator. There is a rather run-down amusement park with roller-coasters, a tower restaurant, and a dolphinarium presently under reconstruction. Unlike the roller coaster ride from the night before, our drive to his father's house wasn't nearly as long. They rode a roller coaster, ate ice cream, and played games. Jimmy and I liked fast rides like the roller coaster. Currently there are well over 1,000 members worldwide who share the same dedication and enthusiasm for roller-coasters. It was like riding a roller coaster in the dark, only without seatbelts or a track. She stood outside beside the exit door, and watched the rows of television screens displaying pictures of the roller coaster ride. Watching a video of a roller coaster ride will never bring on the same sense of vertigo as the real deal. She threw up after riding on a roller coaster five times. The fireball rammed into the roller coaster car and the whole part of the roller coaster track and the car blew up. Their feet out in front of them, silhouetted against the twilight sky, travelling from one end of the park to the other, looking down at roller-coasters and parked cars. But we rode a roller coaster in Toronto with her on the fairgrounds after the show. In the neutral condition, he chose the video clip depicting the roller coaster ride. Do you go to an amusement park with your five friends in order to watch one friend ride the roller coaster? You fancy some shooting, or a ride in the roller coaster. It felt like when you're riding a really fast roller coaster, only a hundred times worse. Instead of your kids getting sick on the roller-coasters, they can involve themselves in their possible future careers. DisneySea offers booze, a hair-raising roller coaster ride in a mock Incan temple, and an on-site spa. My heart gave a little flutter and my stomach dropped like I was going down a steep hill on a roller coaster, or over train tracks in the car. 1.1 Something characterized by wild and unpredictable changes. 〈喻〉急转突变 a terrific roller coaster of a book 一本书中绝妙的急转突变事件。 Example sentencesExamples We've had some success, but we're riding a roller coaster. It has been a roller-coaster year for those involved in the information technology sector, with fears over-riding the thrills as those still in employment clung on to their jobs. It must have been a roller coaster ride for you as well. Having a teenager in the family can mean you're in for an emotional roller-coaster ride. As interest rates have begun to rise, the real estate market nears the top of the roller coaster ride. Dram prices are on the up again, thanks to makers manipulating the roller-coaster memory market. This roller coaster ride of a novel is all about a young bicycle messenger who suddenly finds himself a prime suspect in the murder of a low-end criminal defense lawyer. The roller coaster ride she took me on spooked me. I felt like I'd just finished a roller coaster ride that I hadn't realized twisted upside down several times and now I wanted to heave. Nicely written sentences and a roller-coaster ending do not compensate for shallowness of meaning and lazy characterisation. The trademark roller-coaster narrative has been replaced by something more subtler, more powerful, but lacking none of the ambition or scope. I know that exaggerating my own roller-coaster reactions would be almost impossible. It all goes back to the roller-coaster nature of programming. How about simply the fact that I am miraculously still alive today after a lifelong roller coaster ride? For the next six months, I was forced to ride a roller coaster whose tracks were leading to only one place - my destruction. I asked feeling like I had just gone over another hill on the roller coaster ride I was on. But the book's message, and its roller-coaster style, ultimately triumphs over such complaints and concerns. It then started its wild roller-coaster ride, first up well into double digits by 1981, then down to zero, a move that twenty years later is still in progress. The suspense here is of the slow-burn variety, rather than the non-stop roller coaster ride of thrillers that just go for the adrenaline rush. Since we first met, it had been a roller coaster ride with its ups and downs. Synonyms tempestuous, stormy, unstable, unsettled, tumultuous, explosive, in turmoil, full of upheavals, full of conflict, full of ups and downs, roller-coaster, chaotic, full of confusion verb [no object] Move, change, or occur in a dramatically changeable manner. 大起大落；急转突变 the twentieth century fades behind us and history roller-coasters on 20世纪消失在我们身后，历史将继续在变幻莫测中向前发展。 Example sentencesExamples And then he is off, roller-coasting through all the live issues in education, a man who is not afraid to say what he thinks and who brings huge energy and passion to his opinions. Things went well until mid May, since then my motivation has roller-coastered, and often I have a hard time motivating myself to train hard or get my heart rate up. Try roller-coasting over Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy Hill and Scald Law, and let the wide open skies and the distant horizons exhilarate you. Last Sunday I tried to express my uneasy feeling that rollicking values would soon be roller-coastering downhill. And you are left to roller-coast upside-down, rocket skywards, plunge down make-believe waterfalls, fall to earth in plummeting lifts, shoot round tracks in test cars, whiz through space in the dark or take off for Mars. Like most people, I'm roller-coasting: Nothing means anything, everything's urgent, life's precious or, obviously, expendable. I popped up and crouched, and when I'd gotten ahead of the crashing white, I roller-coastered to the top of the lip and shot back down. The raft roller-coastered, bounced through the rapids, slammed into turbulent water. Synonyms inconsistent, variable, varying, changeable, irregular, fluctuating, intermittent, wavering, erratic, patchy Definition of roller coaster in US English: roller coaster nounˈˌroʊlər ˈkoʊstərˈˌrōlər ˈkōstər 1An amusement park attraction that consists of a light railroad track with many tight turns and steep slopes, on which people ride in small fast open cars. （游乐场的）环滑车道；环滑车 Example sentencesExamples Jimmy and I liked fast rides like the roller coaster. There is a rather run-down amusement park with roller-coasters, a tower restaurant, and a dolphinarium presently under reconstruction. You fancy some shooting, or a ride in the roller coaster. It felt like when you're riding a really fast roller coaster, only a hundred times worse. Their feet out in front of them, silhouetted against the twilight sky, travelling from one end of the park to the other, looking down at roller-coasters and parked cars. The fireball rammed into the roller coaster car and the whole part of the roller coaster track and the car blew up. But we rode a roller coaster in Toronto with her on the fairgrounds after the show. DisneySea offers booze, a hair-raising roller coaster ride in a mock Incan temple, and an on-site spa. Instead of your kids getting sick on the roller-coasters, they can involve themselves in their possible future careers. Unlike the roller coaster ride from the night before, our drive to his father's house wasn't nearly as long. It was like riding a roller coaster in the dark, only without seatbelts or a track. She stood outside beside the exit door, and watched the rows of television screens displaying pictures of the roller coaster ride. Watching a video of a roller coaster ride will never bring on the same sense of vertigo as the real deal. She threw up after riding on a roller coaster five times. Notwithstanding, I learned a thing or two from the roller-coaster operator. They rode a roller coaster, ate ice cream, and played games. In the neutral condition, he chose the video clip depicting the roller coaster ride. Do you go to an amusement park with your five friends in order to watch one friend ride the roller coaster? Currently there are well over 1,000 members worldwide who share the same dedication and enthusiasm for roller-coasters. My heart gave a little flutter and my stomach dropped like I was going down a steep hill on a roller coaster, or over train tracks in the car. 1.1 A thing that contains or goes through wild and unpredictable changes. 〈喻〉急转突变 a terrific roller coaster of a book 一本书中绝妙的急转突变事件。 Example sentencesExamples The roller coaster ride she took me on spooked me. Since we first met, it had been a roller coaster ride with its ups and downs. It has been a roller-coaster year for those involved in the information technology sector, with fears over-riding the thrills as those still in employment clung on to their jobs. The trademark roller-coaster narrative has been replaced by something more subtler, more powerful, but lacking none of the ambition or scope. It then started its wild roller-coaster ride, first up well into double digits by 1981, then down to zero, a move that twenty years later is still in progress. I felt like I'd just finished a roller coaster ride that I hadn't realized twisted upside down several times and now I wanted to heave. This roller coaster ride of a novel is all about a young bicycle messenger who suddenly finds himself a prime suspect in the murder of a low-end criminal defense lawyer. But the book's message, and its roller-coaster style, ultimately triumphs over such complaints and concerns. For the next six months, I was forced to ride a roller coaster whose tracks were leading to only one place - my destruction. The suspense here is of the slow-burn variety, rather than the non-stop roller coaster ride of thrillers that just go for the adrenaline rush. As interest rates have begun to rise, the real estate market nears the top of the roller coaster ride. It must have been a roller coaster ride for you as well. Having a teenager in the family can mean you're in for an emotional roller-coaster ride. How about simply the fact that I am miraculously still alive today after a lifelong roller coaster ride? I asked feeling like I had just gone over another hill on the roller coaster ride I was on. I know that exaggerating my own roller-coaster reactions would be almost impossible. Nicely written sentences and a roller-coaster ending do not compensate for shallowness of meaning and lazy characterisation. We've had some success, but we're riding a roller coaster. Dram prices are on the up again, thanks to makers manipulating the roller-coaster memory market. It all goes back to the roller-coaster nature of programming. Synonyms tempestuous, stormy, unstable, unsettled, tumultuous, explosive, in turmoil, full of upheavals, full of conflict, full of ups and downs, roller-coaster, chaotic, full of confusion verbˈˌroʊlər ˈkoʊstərˈˌrōlər ˈkōstər [no object] Move, change, or occur in the dramatically changeable manner of a roller coaster. 大起大落；急转突变 the twentieth century fades behind us and history roller-coasters on 20世纪消失在我们身后，历史将继续在变幻莫测中向前发展。 Example sentencesExamples The raft roller-coastered, bounced through the rapids, slammed into turbulent water. And you are left to roller-coast upside-down, rocket skywards, plunge down make-believe waterfalls, fall to earth in plummeting lifts, shoot round tracks in test cars, whiz through space in the dark or take off for Mars. Try roller-coasting over Turnhouse Hill, Carnethy Hill and Scald Law, and let the wide open skies and the distant horizons exhilarate you. Things went well until mid May, since then my motivation has roller-coastered, and often I have a hard time motivating myself to train hard or get my heart rate up. Last Sunday I tried to express my uneasy feeling that rollicking values would soon be roller-coastering downhill. And then he is off, roller-coasting through all the live issues in education, a man who is not afraid to say what he thinks and who brings huge energy and passion to his opinions. Like most people, I'm roller-coasting: Nothing means anything, everything's urgent, life's precious or, obviously, expendable. I popped up and crouched, and when I'd gotten ahead of the crashing white, I roller-coastered to the top of the lip and shot back down. Synonyms inconsistent, variable, varying, changeable, irregular, fluctuating, intermittent, wavering, erratic, patchy
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