vi.

1. 滾動；打滾[Q]
   The coin rolled under the bed.

   硬幣滾到床底下去了。

2. （眼睛等）轉動
3. （船隻，身體等）搖擺；搖晃
   The boat rolled badly.

   船搖晃得很厲害。

4. 發出隆隆聲；囀鳴
   The drums rolled.

   鼓聲隆隆。

5. （機器等）運轉；啟動；（車）行駛
   The truck rolled on at full speed.

   那輛卡車全速向前奔馳。

6. （時間）流逝
7. （地勢）起伏；伸展
8. 捲；繞；蜷縮

vt.

1. 使滾動；使打滾[O]
2. 捲，繞[（+up）]
   She rolled up her sleeves and began to prepare for supper.

   她捲起袖子開始準備晚餐。

3. 轉動；旋轉；用車載運
   He rolled his eyes at her.

   他的眼珠對著她骨碌碌地轉。

4. 擲（骰子）
5. 輾，軋
6. 擂（鼓）；發（捲舌音或顫音）

n.

1. 滾動；打滾[C]
2. （一）捲；捲狀物[C][（+of）]
   Please buy a roll of film for me.

   請給我買一捲底片（軟片）。

3. 麵包捲；捲餅[C]
4. 擂鼓聲；隆隆聲[the S][（+of）]
   The roll of thunder was deafening.

   隆隆的雷聲震耳欲聾。

5. 名單，名冊[C]
6. 左右搖晃
   The drunkard was walking in a roll.

   醉漢搖搖晃晃地走著。

7. 【美】一捲鈔票，錢

v.

1. move by turning over and over on an axis:
   the car rolled down into a ditch.
   ▸turn over to face a different direction.
   ▸(of a moving ship, aircraft, or vehicle) sway on an axis parallel to the direction of motion.
   ▸N. Amer. informal overturn (a vehicle).
   ▸throw (a die or dice).
2. (with reference to a vehicle or other wheeled object) move along.
   ▸(of a drop of liquid) flow.
   ▸(of waves, smoke, cloud, or fog) move or flow forward with an undulating motion.
   ▸ [usu. as adj. rolling] (of land) extend in gentle undulations.
   ▸(of credits for a film or television programme) be displayed as if moving on a roller up the screen.
3. (often roll something up) turn (something flexible) over and over on itself to form a cylindrical or spherical shape.
   ▸curl up tightly.
4. (with reference to a machine, device, or system) begin operating.
   ▸(of time) elapse steadily:

   the years rolled by.
   ▸ [as adj. rolling] steady and continuous:

   a rolling programme of reforms.
5. flatten (something) by passing a roller over it or by passing it between rollers.
6. (of a loud, deep sound) reverberate.
   ▸pronounce (a consonant, typically an r) with a trill.
   ▸(of words) flow mellifluously.
7. informal rob (a drunk or sleeping person).

n.

1. a cylinder formed by rolling flexible material.
   ▸a cylindrical mass or a number of items arranged in a cylindrical shape.
   ▸an item of food made by wrapping a flat sheet of pastry, cake, meat, or fish round a filling.
   ▸N. Amer. & Austral. a quantity of banknotes rolled together.
2. a rolling movement.
   ▸a gymnastic exercise in which the body is rolled into a tucked position and turned in a forward or backward circle.
3. a prolonged, deep, reverberating sound.
   ▸Music  one of the basic patterns of drumming, consisting of a sustained, rapid alternation of single or double strokes of each stick.
4. a very small loaf of bread.
5. a roller used to shape metal in a rolling mill.
6. an official list or register of names.
   ▸the total numbers on such a list.
   ▸a document, typically an official record, historically kept in scroll form.