Слово англійською: roll

Іменник

Переклад roll українською: рулон

Детальний опис

roll

noun

/rəʊl/

bread

(also bread roll)

[countable] a small loaf of bread for one person

Soup and a roll: £3.50
a chicken/cheese, etc. roll (= filled with chicken/cheese, etc.)
a hot bacon roll
Bake the rolls for 18–20 minutes.

compare bun

Homophones role | rollrole roll

/rəʊl/

role noun
- She's playing the role of Elizabeth Bennet.
roll noun
- The soup is served with a freshly baked roll.
roll verb
- Everyone must roll the dice, and the player with the highest number starts.

see also egg roll, jelly roll, sausage roll, spring roll, Swiss roll

of paper/cloth, etc.

[countable, uncountable] a long piece of paper, cloth, etc. that has been wrapped around itself or a tube several times so that it forms the shape of a tube

roll of something a roll of fabric/wrapping paper
(British English) There's a roll of kitchen paper next to the sink.
in a roll Wallpaper is sold in rolls.
I wiped up the milk with a piece of kitchen roll.

of sweets/candy

[countable] roll (of something) (North American English) a paper tube wrapped around sweets, etc.

a roll of mints
Take five bucks, go to the bank and get a roll of dimes.

of body

[singular] an act of rolling the body over and over

The kittens were enjoying a roll in the sunshine.

[countable] a physical exercise in which you roll your body on the ground, moving your back and legs over your head

a forward/backward roll
He did a forward roll to celebrate his goal.

of ship/plane

[uncountable] the act of moving from side to side so that one side is higher than the other compare pitch

of fat

[countable] an area of loose fat on a person's or animal's body, especially around the middle part

Rolls of fat hung over his belt.

list of names

[countable] an official list of names

the electoral roll (= a list of all the people who can vote in an election)
The chairman called/took the roll (= called out the names on a list to check that everyone was present).

sound

[countable] roll (of something) a deep continuous sound

the distant roll of thunder

of dice

[countable] an act of rolling a dice

The order of play is decided by the roll of a dice.

phonetics

(also trill)

[countable] (phonetics) a sound, usually a r, produced by making the tongue vibrate against a part of the mouth

Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French rolle (noun), roller (verb), from Latin rotulus ‘a roll’, variant of rotula ‘little wheel’, diminutive of rota.

Idioms

be on a roll

(informal) to be experiencing a period of success at what you are doing
- Don't stop me now—I'm on a roll!
Topics Successc2

a roll in the hay

(informal) an act of having sex with somebody

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