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V-ERG
(使)滾;(使)滾動
When something rolls or when you roll it, it moves along a surface, turning over many times.
例句
The ball rolled into the net...
球滾進了網中。
Their car went off the road and rolled over...
他們的車沖出公路，翻倒在一旁。
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VERB
(身體)滾動，打滾
If you roll somewhere, you move on a surface while lying down, turning your body over and over, so that you are sometimes on your back, sometimes on your side, and sometimes on your front.
例句
When I was a little kid I rolled down a hill and broke my leg...
我小時候從一座山坡上滾了下來，把腿摔斷了。
They just rolled about on the floor punching each other like schoolboys...
他們像小學生一樣，在地板上滾來滾去，互相揮著拳頭揍對方。
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VERB
(車輛)慢慢開動，緩緩行進
When vehicles roll along, they move along slowly.
例句
The lorry quietly rolled forward.
卡車靜靜地緩慢前行。
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VERB
(機器)轉動，運轉，工作
If a machine rolls, it is operating.
例句
He slipped and fell on an airplane gangway as the cameras rolled...
在攝像時他不慎滑倒在飛機座位間的通道上。
The newspaper presses are rolling in Pittsburgh again today.
今天，匹茲堡的報紙又開始印刷了。
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VERB
(液體)滾落，滑落
If drops of liquid roll down a surface, they move quickly down it.
例句
She looked at Ginny and tears rolled down her cheeks.
她看著金尼，淚水滑落臉龐。
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VERB
卷;繞;使成筒狀（或球狀）
If you roll something flexible into a cylinder or a ball, you form it into a cylinder or a ball by wrapping it several times around itself or by shaping it between your hands.
例句
He took off his sweater, rolled it into a pillow and lay down on the grass...
他脫下毛衣，將它卷成一個枕頭，然后在草地上躺了下來。
He rolled and lit another cigarette.
他又卷了一支煙并點著了。
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N-COUNT
卷;卷軸
A roll of paper, plastic, cloth, or wire is a long piece of it that has been wrapped many times around itself or around a tube.
例句
The photographers had already shot a dozen rolls of film.
攝影師們已經照了一打膠卷了。
...a roll of blue insulated wire.
一卷藍色的絕緣電線
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VERB
搖(車窗);卷（窗簾等)
If you roll up something such as a car window or a blind, you cause it to move upwards by turning a handle. If you roll it down, you cause it to move downwards by turning a handle.
例句
In mid-afternoon, shopkeepers began to roll down their shutters...
下午三時左右，店主們開始放下百葉窗。
She rolled up the window and drove on...
她把車窗搖上來，繼續開車。
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V-ERG
轉動(眼睛)；(眼珠)骨碌碌地轉
If you roll your eyes or if your eyes roll, they move round and upwards. People sometimes roll their eyes when they are frightened, bored, or annoyed.
例句
People may roll their eyes and talk about overprotective, interfering grandmothers...
人們可能會翻著白眼談論那些溺愛兒孫、樣樣都要插手的祖母。
His eyes rolled and he sobbed.
他轉了轉眼睛，嗚咽起來。
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N-COUNT
（一人份的）小圓面包，面包卷
A roll is a small piece of bread that is round or long and is made to be eaten by one person. Rolls can be eaten plain, with butter, or with a filling.
例句
He spread butter on a roll.
他把黃油抹在小圓面包上。
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N-COUNT
（鼓的）咚咚聲,隆隆聲,持續的轟鳴聲
A roll of drums is a long, low, fairly loud sound made by drums.
例句
As the town clock struck two, they heard the roll of drums.
當小鎮的時鐘敲響兩點鐘時，他們聽到了隆隆的鼓聲。
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N-COUNT
名單;名冊
A roll is an official list of people's names.
例句
...the electoral roll.
選民名單
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PHRASE
連連成功;連交好運
If someone is on a roll, they are having great success which seems likely to continue.
例句
I made a name for myself and I was on a roll, I couldn't see anything going wrong.
我靠自己的能力成名了，接二連三地獲得成功，我覺得一切似乎一帆風順。
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PHRASE
盼望;期待
If you say roll on something, you mean that you would like it to come soon, because you are looking forward to it.
例句
Roll on the day someone develops an effective vaccine against malaria.
盼望有一天有人會研制出一種能有效預防瘧疾的疫苗。
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PHRASE
集于一身;融為一體
If something is several things rolled into one, it combines the main features or qualities of those things.
例句
Experts claimed that teachers had to be Einstein, Marie Curie and Linford Christie rolled into one to help children grasp the new national curriculum...
專家們稱老師必須集愛因斯坦、居里夫人和林弗德·克里斯蒂的本領于一身，才能幫助孩子們掌握新的國家課程大綱。
This is our kitchen, sitting and dining room all rolled into one.
這既是我們的廚房，又是客廳和餐廳。