roving

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˈɹoʊvɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting. countable,uncountable
  2. The process of giving the first twist to yarn. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of rove form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.
    — The Northern Territory was dear to us both, and the fever for a roving life had not yet worn off, but some time elapsed before we could quite make up our minds whether to try our fortunes in Port Darwin again or not.
  2. Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on one subject.
    — His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.

词形变化

more roving comparative most roving superlative rovings plural

词汇关系

近义词
wandering
衍生词
roving bridge roving editor roving eye rovingly rovingness roving plate roving reel roving reporter roving sailor

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
English rove
English -ing
English roving
From rove + -ing.
词源 2
From rove (“sliver of wool or cotton”), late 17th century, possibly from obsolete Middle English rove(n) (“to draw out, pull off”), itself a dialectal variant of rive (“to tear, split”).
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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