roly-poly

短语

n. 卷布丁, 不倒翁 a. 矮胖的

发音

UK /ˌɹəʊlɪˈpəʊli/
US /ˈɹoʊliˈpoʊli/

词形变化

roly-polies roly-polys 复数 roly-polys roly-polies 复数 more roly-poly 比较级 most roly-poly 最高级

别名

roley-poley rolly polly rolly-poly rolly-pooly

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A toy that rights itself when pushed over.

    不倒翁

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A short, plump person (especially a child).

    可数 非正式 不可数
  3. 3.

    A forward roll or sideways roll.

    可数 不可数 体育
  4. 4.

    Synonym of tumbleweed (“any plant which habitually breaks away from its roots once dry, forming a light, rolling mass which is driven by the wind from place to place”); specifically, the prickly Russian thistle (Kali tragus or Salsola tragus).

    澳大利亚 可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    A baked or steamed pudding made from suet pastry which is spread with fruit or jam (or occasionally other fillings) and then rolled up.

    定语 可数 不可数
  6. 6.

    In full roly-poly bug: a small terrestrial invertebrate which tends to roll into a ball when disturbed, such as a woodlouse (suborder Oniscidea, especially a pill bug (family Armadillidiidae) or a sowbug (family Porcellionidae)) or a pill millipede (superorder Oniscomorpha).

    球鼠妇

    加拿大 美国 可数 不可数
  7. 7.

    A mischievous or worthless person; a scoundrel, a rascal.

    可数 废旧 不可数
  8. 8.

    An activity or game involving rolling.

    历史 不可数 可数
  9. 9.

    An activity or game involving rolling.

    A game involving people (usually children) rolling down a slope.

    可数 历史 不可数 游戏
  10. 10.

    An activity or game involving rolling.

    A game in which balls are rolled along the floor to knock down pins, or bowled into holes, or thrown into hats placed on the ground.

    可数 历史 不可数 游戏
  11. 11.

    An activity or game involving rolling.

    Synonym of roulette (“a game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it stops indicating the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game”).

    可数 历史 不可数 游戏
adj.
  1. 1.

    Moving with a rolling and swaying motion.

  2. 2.

    Short and plump; squat.

    幽默 非正式
adv.
  1. 1.

    By rolling, so as to roll.

  2. 2.

    Without hesitating; directly; hence, in a thoughtless manner; indiscriminately.

    废旧

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词源

The noun is apparently derived from roll (“to turn over and over”) + -y (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having the quality of’), reduplicated with a change of the initial consonant. Compare rolly (“having the ability to roll, rolling”, adjective), which is attested since the 19th century. Noun sense 1.7 (“mischievous or worthless person”) is possibly influenced by poll (“head; (archaic) scalp; (by extension) person”). The adjective and adverb are attested later than the noun, and so are probably derived from it.

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