| 释义 |
roll BrE /rəʊl/
NAmE /roʊl/► SEE ALLbe on a rollroll on…!roll up your sleevesroll with the punchesturn in his, her, etc. graveheads will roll (for sth)ready to rollroll/slip/trip off the tongue
●be on a ˈroll (informal) be experiencing a period of success at what you are doing 接连获胜；连交好运◆Don’t stop me now — I’m on a roll!
现在别阻止我，我正在运头上呢！●ˈroll on…! (BrE, spoken) used to say that you want sth to happen or arrive soon …赶快来到吧◆Roll on the spring! I hate winter.
春天赶快来吧！我讨厌冬天。◆Roll on Friday!
快到星期五吧！●roll up your ˈsleeves (informal) get ready for hard work 准备大干一场；摩拳擦掌◆We’ve just moved into a bigger house and there’s a lot to do. I guess we’ll just have to roll up our sleeves and get on with it.
我们刚刚搬进一个大点儿的房子，有好多事要做呢。我想我们得卷起袖子大干一场了。 OPP put your feet up ●roll with the ˈpunchesadapt yourself to a difficult situation 顺势退让（以减轻对方拳击的力量）；使自己适应困境◆Well, there’s nothing we can do to change things. We’ll just have to learn to roll with the punches.
呃，既然没办法改变现状，我们只好试着适应了。 NOTE This idiom comes from a technique used in boxing, where the boxer moves away from the punch to avoid a direct hit. 这个习语源于拳击中拳击手避开正面来拳的一种技巧。 ●turn in his, her, etc. ˈgrave (BrE) (NAmE roll in his, her, etc. ˈgrave) (of a person who is dead 亡者) likely to be very shocked or angry （也会）不安，九泉之下不得安宁◆Beethoven would turn in his grave if he could hear the way they’re playing his music.贝多芬要是能听到他们这么演奏他的曲子，九泉之下也没法安宁。●ˌheads will ˈroll (for sth) (spoken, usually humorous) used to say that some people will be punished because of sth that has happened 有些人将（为某事）受到惩罚◆Have you seen this article about police corruption? Heads will roll, I’m sure.你看到那篇报道警察贪污的文章了吗？他们肯定没有好下场。◆When the spy scandal was exposed, many said that heads should roll in the government.间谍丑闻曝光后，很多人认为政府里应该有人受到惩罚。 ORIGIN This comes from the idea that when people were punished by having their heads cut off, the heads rolled along the ground. 这个习语源于一种说法，即人被斩首后，头会在地上滚动。●ˌready to ˈroll (informal) ready to start 准备就绪；可以开始◆The show is just about ready to roll.演出马上就要开始。●roll/slip/trip off the ˈtonguebe easy to say or pronounce 容易念；好发音；顺口◆It’s not a name that exactly trips off the tongue, is it?这个名字不太顺口，对吧？ |