| 单词 | roly-poly |
| 释义 | roly-poly[ roh-lee-poh-lee, -poh-lee ] / ˈroʊ liˈpoʊ li, -ˌpoʊ li / SEE SYNONYMS FOR roly-poly ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveshort and plumply round, as a person or a young animal. noun, plural ro·ly-po·lies.a roly-poly person or thing. Chiefly British. a sheet of biscuit dough spread with jam, fruit, or the like, rolled up and steamed or baked. Origin of roly-poly1595–1605; earlier rowle powle, rowly-powly worthless fellow, game involving rolling balls, rhyming compound based on roll (v.); for second element cf. poll1 SYNONYMS FOR roly-poly1 fat, rotund, pudgy. SEE SYNONYMS FOR roly-poly ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR roly-poly1 scrawny. SEE ANTONYMS FOR roly-poly ON THESAURUS.COM Words nearby roly-polyrollway, roll with the punches, roll-your-own, Rolodex, Rölvaag, roly-poly, Rom, Roma, Romagna, Romaic, romaine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for roly-polyBritish Dictionary definitions for roly-polyroly-poly / (ˈrəʊlɪˈpəʊlɪ) / adjectiveplump, buxom, or rotund noun plural -liesBritish a strip of suet pastry spread with jam, fruit, or a savoury mixture, rolled up, and baked or steamed as a pudding a plump, buxom, or rotund person Australian an informal name for tumbleweed Word Origin for roly-polyC17: apparently by reduplication from roly, from roll Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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