it
is held tightly and safely ffj =f- I closed and
roped the trunk.
ficjEllASt ± , 3 (especially NAmE) to catch an
animal
by throwing a circle of rope around it M ( ) ; SBDG3 lasso ia;i:ri .rope $b~'in |,rope
sb 'into sth [usually passive] (informal) to persuade sb to join in an activity or to help to
do sth, even when they do not want to #ji£^AjjflA; iM^A^tt: [+ to inf] Everyone was roped in to help
with the show.
££ AAf&S Ao 0 [+ -ing] Ben was
roped into making coffee for the whole team.
B#„ rope sth^'off to separate an area from
another one, using ropes, to stop people from entering it ffjlt ( —ft KM ) : Police roped off the street to investigate the
accident.
chain HA
rope
string ball of
string
,rope 'ladder noun a ladder made of two long
ropes connected by short pieces of wood or metal at regular intervals
ropy (also ropey) /'raupi; NAmE 'roupi/ adj. (BrE, informal) 1 not in good condition; of
bad quality ^ #£ We spent the night in a
ropy old tent. £ - A1& IB tfr tc M S M T«„
2 feeling
slightly ill/sick
roque /rauk; NAmE rook/ noun [u] (US) a game, similar to croquet but played on a hard court, in which players use wooden hammers (called mallets) to knock wooden balls through a series of hoops (= curved wires) 5f ( Jfl Afit#
W*)
Roque-fort™ /‘rnkfa:; NAmE 'roukfart/ noun [U] a type of soft French
cheese with blue marks and a strong flavour (
tHWSSIltfi )
ro-ro /'rau rau; NAmE 'rou rou/ abbr. (BrE) roll-on
ROLL-OFF
Rorschach test /'roijaik test; NAmE 'roirjaik/ (also ink-blot test) noun (psychology A) a test in which people have to say what different shapes made by ink
make them think of
mm);
rort /ro:t; NAmE roirt/ noun (AustralE, NZE, informal) a dishonest thing that sb does
lki£; A: a. tax
rort ► rort [V, VN] He was an expert at rorting
the system (= getting the best out of it for himself without
actually doing anything illegal).
[also V]
rosary /'rauzari; NAmE 'rou-/ noun (pi. -ies) 1 [c] a string of beads that are used by some Roman
Catholics for counting prayers as they say them ( A
(ft ) I&3&, 2 the Rosary [sing.] the set of prayers
said
by Roman Catholics while counting rosary beads
(AAim&itt)
rose /rauz; NAmE rouz/ noun, adj. — see also rise v.
■ noun 1 [C] a flower with a sweet smell that
grows on a bush with thorns (=
sharp points) on its stems 3&ij|
( Vi ) ; Irll ( ft ) : a bunch of red roses ft o a rose
bush/garden iSf iJt )k / HI o a
climbing/ rambling rose 2
(also , rose ' pink) [u]
| 1737
a
pink colour 3 [C] a piece of
metal or plastic
with
small holes in it that is attached to the end of a pipe or watering can so that the water comes
out in a fine spray when you are watering plants ( ;K If (Hi ) —picture o garden 4 = ceiling rose
IT5TTCI be conning up 'roses (informal) (of a situation to be
developing in a successful way Httlit
H put 'roses in sb’s cheeks (BrE, informal) to make
sb look healthy PJ M M a rose by any other
.name would smell as sweet (saying) what is
important is what people or things are, not what they
are
called
— more
at bed n., smell v.
■ adj. (also .rose 'pink) pink in colour fijrllfeW rose /'rauzei; NAmE rou'zei/ noun [U, C] (from French) a light pink wine EfrMiEfMWM; : a bottle of
rose — o an excellent rose
M — compare red
wine, white wine ros-eate /'rauziat; NAmE 'rou-/ adj. [usually before noun] (literary or technical Ain) pink
in colour
m
rose-bud /‘rauzbAd; NAmE 'rouz-/ noun the flower of a rose before it is open JfcMt£if 'rose-coloured (BrE) (NAmE 'rose-colored) adj. 1 pink in colour 3&?|-fe|!tfj 2 (also 'rose-tinted) used
to
describe an idea or a way of looking at a situation as being better or more
positive than it really is (
) :
a rose-tinted vision of the world AtSJ?-0 He tends to view
the world through
rose-coloured spectacles, iife & Je
IE 1f
'rose
hip noun = hip n.(3)
rose-mary /'rauzmari; NAmE 'rouzmeri/ noun [U] a bush with small narrow leaves that smell sweet and are used in
cooking as a herb ( if A> ufAAA,
M, )
Rosetta Stone
/rau'zeta;
NAmE rou-/ noun [sing.] something, especially
a discovery, that helps people to understand or find an explanation for a
mystery or area of knowledge that not much was known about ^
)
mb®-,
ftM bidtdfli From the name of an ancient stone with
writing in three different languages on it that was found near Rosetta in
*****&£«
ros-ette /rau'zet; NAmE rou-/ noun 1 a round decoration made of ribbon that is worn by supporters of a
political party or sports team, or to show that sb has won a prize
# M , ft H A $ ^ W U i£ ) — picture o medal
2 a thing that has the shape of a rose
The leaves formed a dark green
rosette. jS^R+AUft^
m,
‘rose water noun [U] a liquid with a sweet smell
made from roses, used as a perfume or in cooking ifcJHIfzK- ()
.rose 'window noun a decorative round window in a
church, often with coloured glass (= stained
glass) in it )
rose-wood /'rauzwud; NAmE 'rouz-/ noun [u] the hard
reddish-brown wood of a tropical tree, that has a pleasant smell and is used
for making expensive furniture nm# (
nnmMc >
Rosh Hash-ana (also Rosh Hash-anah) /.roj ha'Jaina; NAmE ,ra:J/ noun [U] the Jewish New Year festival, held in
September )
rosin /'mzin; NAmE 'raizn/ noun [U] a substance that is used on the bow
of a musical instrument such as a violin
so that it moves across the strings more easily ► rosin verb [VN]
ros-ter /'rasta(r); NAmE 'ra:s-/ noun, verb • noun 1 a list of people’s names and the jobs that they