单词 | roller-coaster |
释义 | roller-coaster also roller coaster also rollercoaster Word forms: plural roller-coasters 1. countable noun A roller-coaster is a small railway at a fair that goes up and down steep slopes fast and that people ride on for pleasure or excitement. It's great to go on the rollercoaster five times and not be sick. 2. countable noun [usually singular] If you say that someone or something is on a roller coaster, you mean that they go through many sudden or extreme changes in a short time. [journalism] I've been on an emotional roller-coaster since I've been here. Over the last few years Japan's socialists have seen their electoral popularity takea roller-coaster ride. roller coaster in British Englishnoun another term for big dipper roller-coaster in British English or roller coaster or rollercoaster (ˈrəʊləˌkəʊstə) noun 1. (in amusement parks) a narrow railway with open carriages that run swiftly over a route of sharp curves and steep inclines It's great to go on the roller coaster five times and not be sick. 2. a period characterized by many sudden or extreme changes in a short time Over the last few years the popularity of Japan's socialists has been on a roller-coaster. I've been on an emotional roller coaster since I've been here. roller coaster in American English US 1. an amusement ride in which small, open cars move on tracks that dip and curve sharply 2. something, as a situation, relationship, or series of events, characterized by frequent abrupt and unpredictable change Examples of 'roller coaster' in a sentence |
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