单词 | to roll into |
释义 | > as lemmasto roll into —— to roll into —— ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > joy, gladness, or delight > rejoicing or exultation > rejoice over or at [verb (transitive)] overjoya1382 rejoicec1425 to roll in ——?a1500 joy1596 to roll into ——1602 congratulatea1631 1602 ( D. Lindsay Satyre (Charteris) sig. D Ane Prince of great puissance, Quhom ȝoung men hes in gouernance Rolland into his rage. 2. transitive. To compress into a flattened or smooth form with a roller. Cf. sense 5a, to roll out 1a at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > make smooth [verb (transitive)] > by rolling rolla1325 to roll into ——1616 re-roll1816 roller1830 1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) 423 Being come to a paste, take it out of the mortar, and rowle it forth into verie thin cakes. 1670 H. Wolley Queen-like Closet i. xlii. 34 Knead to a stiff Paste, rowl it into thin Cakes, and prick them. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Andouillet, minced Veal with Bacon and other Ingredients roll'd into a Paste. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xix. 222 The rollers of the press employed for laminating metals are turned by machinery... In this manner lead, copper, and silver, are rolled into plates. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Steel-mill maker, a manufacturer of forge tilts, or rolling mills, for hammering steel into bars, or rolling it into sheets. 1922 T. M. Lowry Inorg. Chem. xxxiv. 655 The metal can be rolled into foil. 1996 Washington Post (Nexis) 23 Oct. e1 Roll one half of dough into a strip 12 inches long and 1/2 inch thick. 3. transitive. To form (dough, clay, or another malleable substance) into a more or less cylindrical or spherical shape by compressing and rotating it on a surface, between the hands, etc. Cf. sense 18a. ΚΠ 1633 S. Bradwell Helps for Suddain Accidents ii. 10 Formed and rowled into Pills of a fit bignesse for the Patient to swallow. 1668 Excellency of Pen & Pencil i. iii. 12 Mix..together with fair Water till it be stiff like Clay or Dough; then take it and rowl it between your hands into long pieces. 1741 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May xiv. 135 It [sc. the butter] is drawn over again;..then weighed into Pounds, and rolled into long Rolls. 1849 H. Rose Pract.Treat. Chem. Anal. II. liii. 682 One part of spongy platinum is mixed with four of clay, and the whole is rolled into a ball. 1888 Telegr. Jrnl. & Electr. Rev. 6 July 9/2 When rolled into a ball the putty may be squeezed between the thumb and forefinger without cracking at the edge. 1901 L. B. Kander Way to Man's Heart i. 6 Cracker or Matzos Balls... Moisten with a little soup, add parsley and salt. Roll into marbles and boil in the soup. 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 11 Dec. 62 It is highly seasoned with soy sauce, garlic and the like..and rolled into a long sausage shape, then grilled. 2006 C. Frazier Thirteen Moons iii. ii. 222 Nancy mashed pinto beans and mixed them with cornmeal and wood-ash lye and rolled the mixture between her palms into little loaves. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > forehead > [verb (transitive)] > contract or relax knitc1405 strain1556 unknit1566 unpleat1572 unfret1594 unplaitc1595 smooth1597 uncontract1628 plait1642 to roll into ——1656 unbend1718 gather1790 knot1844 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 6 in Poems Thrice did he knock his iron teeth, thrice howl, And into frowns his wrathful forehead rowl. 5. transitive. To curl, coil, or wind (something flexible) into a more or less cylindrical or spherical shape. Cf. sense 31a. ΚΠ 1663 H. Savage Dew of Hermon viii. 31 Hair that..is speckled like snakes, ravel'd into philtres, and rowled into tresses like serpents. 1742 J. Martyn & E. Chambers tr. Philos. Hist. & Mem. Royal Acad. Sci. Paris II. 360 Pipes..made of sheet-lead rolled into a tube, and afterwards soldered. 1839 G. Bird Elements Nat. Philos. 222 A copper and zinc plate, each fifty feet long and two wide, rolled into a coil. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxix. 282 Chesney Wold is shut up, carpets are rolled into great scrolls in corners of comfortless rooms. a1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. II. 1771/1 The slow port-fire consists of paper impregnated with saltpeter and rolled into a solid cylinder about sixteen inches long. 1951 S. H. Bell December Bride ii. v. 132 Frank..walked slowly towards Hamilton, rolling the rope into a large prickly ball. 1991 S. Cisneros Woman Hollering Creek 138 Flavio entered my life via a pink circular rolled into a tube and wedged in the front gate curlicue. 2004 Do-It-Yourself Retailing (Nexis) 1 Aug. 73 To rag-roll, a cloth is rolled into a sausage shape of varying tightness, then lightly dipped into the glaze and rolled gently across the base coat. 6. transitive. See sense 23, to roll into one at Phrases 3. 7. transitive (reflexive) and intransitive. Of an animal or person: to curl into a ball or coil; to tuck the outermost parts of the body tightly inward towards the centre, esp. for protection. Cf. to roll up 3b at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ c1830 J. Clare in Nat. Hist. Prose Writings (1983) 74 Spiders will coil up their legs & lie still & the hog beetle will roll itself into a round ball & scarcely open if laid by a fire. 1844 T. Hood Haunted House ii, in Hood's Mag. Jan. 6 The wood-louse dropped, and rolled into a ball. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 298 They shut themselves up like hedgehogs, or roll themselves into a ball. 1870 N. H. Bishop Pampas & Andes (ed. 3) ix. 148 The Apar, commonly called mataco..has the power of rolling itself into a perfect sphere. 1906 J. London White Fang ii. ii. 70 The porcupine rolled itself into a ball, radiating long, sharp needles in all directions that defied attack. 1978 G. B. Williams Pest Extermination Handbk. vi. 119 The pillbug can roll itself into a tight ball. 1997 W. Self Great Apes (1998) xv. 282 With these last, guttural vocalisations..the former artist slumped to the floor, rolled into a foetal pod, and commenced spraying. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make attack [verb (intransitive)] onreseeOE onslayc1275 entera1425 to be upon (also on) a person's jack1588 endeavour?1589 to fall aboard1591 to let fly1611 strikea1616 to lift (up) the hand(s, (occasionally one's arm)1655 to fall on board (of)1658 tilt1708 to walk into ——1794 to run in1815 to peg it1834 to sail in1856 to wade in1863 to light in1868 to roll into ——1888 to make for ——1893 1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. xxi. 285 I'd a mind to roll into him once or twice, and I should too only for his being your property like. 1895 Northern Territory Times & Gaz. (Palmerston, Austral.) 15 Feb. 231/5 The prosecutor swore that prisoner owed him £5, and upon his going to prisoner's house and asking for payment, Yap Kee rolled into him, and that after they had had a bit of a scrimmage. 1902 H. Lawson Children of Bush (1907) 165 [He] took off his coat and rolled up his sleeves, ready, as he said afterwards, ‘to roll into’ either the father or the son if one raised a hand against the other. ΚΠ 1901 Scribner's Mag. 29 500/1 They talk about her bein' a summer-weather boat and all that sort of foolishness, but I know better... Put her kites on and let her roll into it [sc. the gale]. < as lemmas |
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