英语词汇“roving”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

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单词	roving
释义	roving I. noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from gerund of roven to shoot at random, wander — more at rove 1. : an act or instance of shooting at random archery targets and especially at natural targets in fields or woodlands 2. : an act or instance of roaming < every year this animal's rovings are restricted — Washington Irving > < found dial roving common in the early parts of a program — George Fisk > II. adjective Etymology: from present participle of rove (III) 1. obsolete : based on guesswork : conjectural 2. a. : traversing a random course : nomadic, wandering < a roving band of gypsies > < a roving vixen wanting cubs — John Masefield > b. : traversing an assigned route or capable of being shifted from place to place : mobile < roving judge > < roving reporter > < serving as a roving police force for … the Territory of Arizona — Ross Santee > c. : of a general nature : unrestricted as to location or area of concern < roving envoy > < roving assignment > d. : discursive, rambling < a roving wit > < unrelated subjects that happen to strike a roving fancy — Dorothy Sayers > 3. : inclined to travel or stray : peripatetic, roaming < a large and roving cast subsidiary to the main characters — Sylvia Berkman > < alas for poor Madame, he had a roving eye — Henry S. Jones > III. noun (-s) Etymology: from gerund of rove (VII) 1. a. : a slightly twisted roll or strand of textile fibers b. : material in an intermediate stage between sliver and yarn 2. : the final process of reducing and drawing out sliver preliminary to spinning — compare slubbing
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