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单词 rolling
释义 roll·ing
I. \ˈrōliŋ, -lēŋ\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of rollen, rolen to roll — more at roll
: an act, action, or effect of one that rolls
II. adjective
Etymology: from present participle of roll (II)
1.
 a. : rotating on or as if on an axis or moving along a surface by rotation
  < rolling wheels >
 b. : moving on wheels or rollers
  < this leaves only forty feet, or three lanes for rolling traffic — J.M.Lawrence >
2.
 a. : moving from side to side or up and down
  < rolling eyes >
 b. : swinging from side to side : lurching, swaying
  < a rolling gait >
3. : turned over upon or toward itself : coiling
 < a rolling hat brim >
 < brought him a rolling Byronic collar — W.A.White >
4.
 a. : resounding, reverberating
  < see the splintering lightning, and hear the rolling thunder — Phoenix Flame >
  < the traditional rolling phrases of the American declamatory style — Time >
 b. : trilled
  < rolling notes >
5.
 a.
  (1) : surging on or rising upward in billows or rolls
   < the rolling sea >
   < the rolling fog >
  (2) : moving in waves : progressing or acting in stages : staggered
   < the economy was going through a rolling adjustment in which first one industry and then another was affected >
 b. : having gradual rounded undulations of surface
  < ahead of us was a rolling green plain, with dark mountains beyond it — Ernest Hemingway >
  < rolling hills >
6. : coming in regular rotation : recurring
 < the rolling seasons >
 < the rolling years >
roll·ing·ly adverb
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