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- a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization值勤人员表; 值勤登记表:
next week's duty roster.
下周的值勤人员表。
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- a list of members of a team or organization, in particular of sports players available for team selection(尤指可供运动队挑选的运动员)花名册。
with obj.(一般作be rostered)
- place on or assign according to a duty roster把…列入名单(或登记表)中:
the locomotive is rostered for service on Sunday.
这辆机车已列入登记表, 星期天要用。
词源
early 18th cent. (originally denoting a list of duties and leave for military personnel): from Dutch rooster 'list', earlier 'gridiron', from roosten 'to roast', with reference to its parallel lines.