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- a roll of parchment or paper for writing or painting on（写字或作画用的）一卷（羊皮）纸, 卷轴。
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- an ancient book or document on such a roll一卷古书（或公文、文件）。
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- an ornamental design or carving resembling a partly unrolled scroll of parchment, e.g. on the capital of a column, or at the end of a stringed instrument（如在柱头上或在弦乐器的顶端的）涡卷形的装饰设计（或雕刻）; 涡卷形装饰。
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- Art & Heraldry a depiction of a narrow ribbon bearing a motto or inscription【艺术, 纹章】印上格言（或题字）的丝带的描绘。
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- mass noun [usu. as modifier] the facility which moves a display on a VDU screen in order to view new material（视频显示器屏幕上为查看新资料而设的）显示滚动装置。
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- no obj., with adverbial move displayed text or graphics in a particular direction on a computer screen in order to view different parts of them在电脑屏幕上移动显示（文章或图形）：
she scrolled through her file.
她将文件从头到尾滚动显示了一次。
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- (of displayed text or graphics) move up, down, or across a computer screen（显示的文章、图形）上下、横向移动。
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- with obj. cause to move like paper rolling or unrolling使像纸卷合（或打开）那样移动：
the wind scrolled back the uppermost layer of loose dust
风把最上层的松软的尘土卷了回去。
派生词
scrollable
adjective词源
late Middle English:alteration of obsolete scrow 'roll'， shortening of ESCROW.