roulette

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game. uncountable
  2. An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost). figuratively,uncountable
    — Doctors and health officials said that the WRC-TV documentary, "DPT: Vaccine Roulette," emphasized the risks of the vaccine while ignoring the dangers of the disease, which has been almost wiped out in this country.
  3. A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots. countable
  4. A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint. countable
  5. The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve. countable
  6. Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations. countable,uncountable
  7. A cylindrical curler for the hair. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To separate or decorate by incisions made with a small toothed wheel.
    — to roulette a sheet of postage stamps

词形变化

roulettes plural roulettes present,singular,third-person rouletting participle,present rouletted participle,past rouletted past

词汇关系

衍生词
Delaunay roulette pepper roulette roulettelike roulette table roulette wheel Russian roulette Sturm roulette Vatican roulette
相关词
roll

词源

词源 1
Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a random chance of incurring serious harm" may be abstracted from Russian roulette.
词源 2
Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a random chance of incurring serious harm" may be abstracted from Russian roulette.
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary