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- a cylinder that rotates about a central axis and is used in various machines and devices to move, flatten, or spread something滚动物; 滚子; 滚筒; 轧辊; 滚轴; 滚柱; 滚轮; 滚轧机; 碾压机; 压路机。
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- an absorbent revolving cylinder attached to a handle, used to apply paint涂料辊。
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- a small cylinder on which hair is rolled in order to produce curls卷发筒。
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- (亦作roller bandage)a long surgical bandage rolled up for convenient application绷带卷。
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- a long swelling wave that appears to roll steadily towards the shore卷浪, 长涌。
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- as modifier of, relating to, or involving roller skates(与)四轮溜冰鞋(有关)的, 旱冰鞋的:
roller hockey.
(穿四轮溜冰鞋进行的)旱冰冰球运动。
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- a brightly coloured crow-sized bird with predominantly blue plumage, having a characteristic tumbling display flight佛法僧(一种飞行时打滚的鸟); 金丝雀。
- ORIGIN: late 17th cent.: from German Roller, from rollen 'to roll'.
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- Genera Coracias and Eurystomus, family Coraciidae: several species, especially the widespread European roller (C. garrulus). The Madagascan cuckoo-roller and ground-rollers are usually placed in separate families.佛法僧属及三宝鸟属, 佛法僧科:数种, 尤指分布广的蓝胸佛法僧(拉丁名C. garrulus)。马达加斯加的鹃三宝鸟和地三宝鸟通常置于不同的科中。
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- a bird of a breed of tumbler pigeon翻头鸽。
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- a bird of a breed of canary with a trilling song金丝雀, 白玉鸟。
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- a broad surcingle, typically padded at the withers马鞍肚带(多在肩甲骨间隆起部加衬垫)。