roller

noun

/ˈrəʊlə(r)/

/ˈrəʊlər/

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a piece of wood, metal or plastic, like a tube in shape, that rolls over and over, used as a tool or as part of a machine, for example to make something flat or to move something滚筒；滚轴
- Flatten the surface of the grass with a roller.用碾轧机把草轧平。
- a paint roller滚筒式油漆刷
- the heavy steel rollers under the conveyor belt传送带下沉重的钢滚筒
- We'll need to move the piano on rollers.我们需要用滚子来移动钢琴。
see also steamrollerTopics Engineeringc2
a long, powerful wave in the sea卷浪；巨浪
- Huge Atlantic rollers crashed onto the rocks.大西洋的巨浪冲击着岩石。
a small plastic tube that hair is rolled around to make it curly 塑料发卷synonym curler
- heated rollers经过加热的发卷
- in rollers Her hair was in rollers.她的头发用发卷卷着。
Topics Appearancec2