roller
US: /ˈɹoʊɫɝ/
UK: /ɹˈəʊlɐ/
UK: /ɹˈəʊlɐ/
English Vietnamese dictionary
roller /'roulə/
- danh từ
- trục lăn, con lăn; xe lăn đường; ống lăn mực (in...)
- trục cán, máy cán
- ống cuộn
- (y học) cuộn băng ((cũng) roller bandage)
- đợt sóng cuồn cuộn
- (động vật học) chim sả rừng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a piece of wood, metal or plastic, shaped like a tube, that rolls over and over and is used in machines, for example to make sth flat, or to move sth: the heavy steel rollers under the conveyor belt + a roller blind (= a blind for a window that is wound on a roller) + a roller towel (= a long piece of towel on a roller, usually used in a public place)
2 (often in compounds) a machine or piece of equipment with a part shaped like a tube so that it rolls backwards and forwards. It may be used for making sth flat, crushing or spreading sth: Flatten the surface of the grass with a roller. + a paint roller
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3 a piece of wood or metal, shaped like a tube, that is used for moving heavy objects: We'll need to move the piano on rollers.
4 a long, powerful wave in the sea/ocean: Huge Atlantic rollers crashed onto the rocks.
5 a small plastic tube that hair is rolled around to give it curls
Synonym: CURLER
heated rollers + Her hair was in rollers.
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Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 drum, cylinder, barrel, calender; tube; windlass; rolling-pin; mangle, wringer:
Make certain that the roller is clean.
2 billow, wave, comber, breaker, swell:
After the storm, the heavy rollers continued to pound the sea wall.
Concise English dictionary
rollers'rəʊlə(r)
noun
+a grounder that rolls along the infield
+a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
+a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
+a cylinder that revolves
+a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
+Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
+pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
