roller
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(a) cylinder used for flattening or spreading things (碾軋或涂布用的) 袞子
a garden roller, ie for use on a lawn 園圃滾壓機(碾草坪用)
a `road-roller, ie for levelling tarmac on roads, etc 壓路機.
(b) cylinder on which sth is placed to enable it to be moved 滾柱, 滾軸(物體置於其上便於移動)
The huge machine was moved to its new position on rollers.那臺巨型機器用滾柱移到了新的地方.
(c) cylinder on which sth is wound (纏繞東西的)滾筒, 滾軸
a `roller-blind, ie a type of window blind wound on a roller 卷式窗簾.
(d) small cylinder of plastic around which hair is wound to make it curl 塑料發卷
put her hair in rollers (她)用發卷卷發.
2 long swelling wave 翻滾的巨浪
rollers crashing on the beach 沖擊海灘的巨浪.