1
- mass noun a gambling game in which a ball is dropped on to a revolving wheel with numbered compartments, the players betting on the number at which the ball comes to rest轮盘赌。
2
- a tool or machine with a revolving toothed wheel, used in engraving or for making slit-shaped perforations between postage stamps(用以雕刻或制作邮票间齿孔的)压花刀具(或机器), 滚花刀具(或机器)。
with obj.
- make slit-shaped perforations in (paper, especially sheets of postage stamps)给(纸张, 尤指邮票)滚压骑缝线:
the pages are rouletted next to the binding.
在与封皮相邻处书页滚压了骑缝线。
词源
mid 18th cent.: from French, diminutive of rouelle 'wheel', from late Latin rotella, diminutive of Latin rota 'wheel'.