直排滚轴旱冰鞋；直排轮鞋一picture o skate ► Roll*er- blade verb [V]

'roller blind noun a covering for a window made of a roll of cloth that is fixed at the top of the window and can be pulled up and down 卷钿窗帘一picture o

BLIND

'roller coaster noun 1 a track at a fairground that goes up and down very steep slopes and that people ride on in a small train for fun and excitement (游乐 场的）过山车y环滑车：a roHer-coaster ride乘坐过山未

2                  a situation that keeps changing very quickly 不断变 化的局势：The 〖ast /ew weefo have been a reai roHer coaster.过去的几个星期，形势真是变幻莫测。

'roller skate (also skate) noun, verb mnoun a type of boot with two pairs of small wheels attached to the bottom (四轮％冰.鞋；滚轴溜冰鞋： a pair 〇/ roHer s/cates —双旱▲鞋一picture 〇> skate mverb [V] to move over a hard surface wearing roller skates滑旱冰；溜旱冰；滚轴溜冰► 'roller skating (also skat-ing) noun [U]

'roller towel noun a long roll of towel, usually in a public toilet/bathroom, part of which hangs down for

you to dry your hands on ('•公厕等处套在滚筒上的）环 状擦手巾

roMicking /'rDlikirj; NAmE 'rail-/ adj., noun

■                  [only before noun] cheerful and often noisy 嬉闹的； 喧闹嬉也的 KTI exuberant ： a roHfcfci’ng comedy 喧

闹的喜剧

■                  noun (BrE, informal) angry criticism for sth bad sb has done 指责；斥责：He gave us both a roHfcfcfng•他把我

们俩训斥了一通。

roll-ing /'raulirj; NAmE 'rou-/ adj. [only before noun] 1 (of hills or countryside 丘陵或乡村j having gentle slopes'起 .伏的 2 done in regular stages or at regular. intervals over a period of time 规则的；周而复始的：a roHfng programme o/re/orm逐步_逄的改章计划 'rolling mill noun a machine or factory that produces flat sheets of metal 乳（'钢）机；乳{钢.丨‘广.t 'rolling pin noun a wooden or glass kitchen utensil (=a tool) in the shape of a tube, used for rolling pastry flat 撥面杖一picture o, kitchen 'rolling stock noun [u] the engines, trains, etc. that are used on a railway/railroad .(铁路上运行的）；‘部车辆 (包括机车、：车厢等

roll-mop /'raulmDp; NAmE 'roolmaip/ noun a piece of raw herring (= a type of fish) that is rolled up and preserved in vinegar, often sold in jars 醋渍生命鱼卷

(常瓶装出售）！

'roll-neck noun a collar on a sweater that is high and loosely turned over; a sweater with a collar like this (毛衣的）高翻领；髙翻领毛衣 ,roll of 'honour (/VAmf 'honorroll) /70W/7 [usually sing.] a list of people who are being praised officially for sth they have done荣誉名册；光荣榜 'roll-on adj. [only before noun] spread or put on the body using a ball that moves around in the top of a bottle or container 滚抹式的;...走珠式的：a roH-on deodorant■走 珠除臭剂►'roll-on /7〇w/7

.roll-.on j〇\\-'off adj. [usually before noun] {abbr. 'ro-ro) (8r£) (of a ship 轮船)designed so that cars can be driven straight on and off轮渡式的；汽车可直接土下的:‘ a roZi-cm roH-oJ^car/erry汽幸可直接上下的渡船 'roll-out noun an occasion when a company introduces or starts to use a new product新产品发布各；新庐品的 推出

roll-over /'r0ul0uva(r); NAmE 'roulouver/ noun 1 [U] [technical the act of allowing money that is owed to be paid ata later date 转期；，债项的延期偿还 2 [U，.cj (8r£) a prize of money in a competition or lottery in a particular week, that is added to the prize given in the ibllowing week if nobody wins it (比赛或彩票奖金的 > 累积，滚动增加：aroHoverjacfcpot滚加也累积奚金

3                  [Ul (especially NAm£) the turning over of a vehicle during an accident 翻车.；倾翻

Rolls-Royce™ /.raolz 'rois; NAmE .roulz/ noun 1 (also informal Rolls) a large, comfortable and expensive make of car made by a company in the UK.劳斯莱斯汽

1733    romance

车（■英国一种大型豪华轿车）2 the〜of sth some­thing that is thought of as an example of the highest quality of a type of thing最优质的品种；最优品：TTiis is the J?oHs-Royce o/ccmoes.这是独木舟中的极品。

,roll-top 'desk noun a desk with a top that you roll back to open it活动顶盖写字台；卷盖式办公桌 'roll-up noun {BrE, informal) a cigarette that you make yourself with tobacco and special paper 手卷的纸烟 roly-poly /.reoli 'pauli; NAmE .rooli 'pouli/ adj., noun

4                  [only before noun] (/n/orma/) (of people 人)■ short, round and fat 矮胖的；的 HTTl plump

5                  noun {pi. -jes) (also .roly-poly 'pudding) [U, C] (fir£) a hot dessert (= a sweet dish) made from suet, pastry spread with jam and rolled up 果酱布丁卷'(热甜食）

ROM /rrnn; NAmE ra:m/ noun [U] the abbreviation for ‘read-only memory (computer memory that contains instructions or data that cannot be changed or re- moved)只读存储器（全写为 read-only memory ) —com­pare CD-ROM

the Roma /'rauma; NAmE 'rouma/ noun [pi.] the Romany people ■吉卜赛人；吉 __ 人：the Roma population 〇/ eastern Europe 东欧的吉 ^ 赛入白, ro-maine /rau'mein; NAmE rou-/ noun [C, U] {NAmE) =COS LETTUCE

ro-maji /'raum0d3i; NAmE 'rou-/ noun [U] (from Japanese) a system of writing Japanese that uses the Roman ALPHABET (拼写日语的）罗马字系统 Roman /'rauman; NAmE'rou-/ adj., noun m adj. 1 connected with ancient Rome or the Roman Empire古罗马的；古罗马帝周的：a Roman road/ tempie/viHa古罗马的公路/庙宇/别墅◊ Roman Britain 古.箩马统治下的木列颠2 connected with the modem city of Rome 参马私；■罗马城的 3 connected with the Roman Catholic Church 夫i教的 4 roman roman type is ordinary printing type which does not lean forward .罗马体的；西文白正樣的：Ignitions in this dfcriona/y are printed in roman type.这呆词典里的释义是用罗马体 印届！1 的。一 compare italic

6                  noun 1 [C] a member of the ancient Roman republic or empire 古罗马人 2 [C] a person from the modem city of Rome (现代如）乡马又，罗‘马市民3 roman [U] the ordinary style of printing that uses small letters that do not lean forward 罗马体；西文白.正体一compare italics see Rome

the .Roman 'alphabet noun [sing.] the alphabet that is used in English and in most western European lan- guages罗马字母表

.Roman 'Catholic (also Cath-olic) zioi/n {abbr. RC) a member of the part of the Christian Church that has the Pope as its leader 无主教.徒► .Roman 'Catholic (also Cath-olic) <7£//. .Roman Ca tholicism (also Cath-oli cism)

noun [U]

Ro-mance /rau'maens; 'raumaens; NAmE 'rou-/ adj. [only before noun] Romance languages, such as French, Italian and Spanish, are languages that developed from Latin•罗曼语的（由拉丁语演变而成，有法语、意大利 语、.西班牙语等）

ro-mance /rau'maens; 'raumaens; NAmE'rou-/ noun, verb

7                  noun 1 [C] an exciting, usually short, relationship between two people who are in love with each other

(通常指短暂的）浪漫史，爱情关系，风流韵事：a hoHday romance 假日浪漫史,◊ TTiey. had a whfrhvfnd romance.他们之间有过一备短暂的风流韵事。2 [U] love or the feeling of being in love 恋爱；爱情：Spring is here and romance is in the 〇^.'_天‘7^ 鈿处洋溢着爱 情的气.息。◊ How can you put the romance back into your marriage?怎样才能使你的婚姻再次充满绵绵爱意 ■呢？ 3 [U] a feeling of excitement and adventure, espe­cially connected to a particular place or activity 彩；浪漫氛围：the romance 〇/ travd旅行奇座4 [C] a story about a love affair爱情故事：She's a compulsive reader 〇/ romances.她热发于阅^爱情故事。5 [C] a story of excitement and adventure, often set in the past 传 4 故事：medievai romances中tk纪的传奇故事

verb 1 [V} to tell stories that are not true or to describe sth in a way that makes it seem more exciting or inter-