rove

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n. 徘徊, 粗纺, 流浪 vt. 漂泊于, 漫游于 vi. 流浪, 飘忽不定 reeve的过去式和过去分词

发音

UK /ɹəʊv/
其它
US /ɹoʊv/

词形变化

roves 复数 roves 三单 roving 现在分词 roved 过去式 roved 过去分词

教材释义与例句

名词

流浪；徘徊；粗纺线

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A copper washer upon which the end of a nail is clinched in boatbuilding.

  2. 2.

    A roll or sliver of wool or cotton drawn out and lightly twisted, preparatory to further processing; a roving.

  3. 3.

    The act of wandering; a ramble.

v.
  1. 1.

    To shoot with arrows (at).

    不及物 废旧
  2. 2.

    To roam, or wander about at random, especially over a wide area.

    游荡

    不及物
  3. 3.

    To roam or wander through.

    及物
  4. 4.

    To card wool or other fibres.

    及物
  5. 5.

    To twist slightly; to bring together, as slivers of wool or cotton, and twist slightly before spinning.

  6. 6.

    To draw through an eye or aperture.

  7. 7.

    To plough into ridges by turning the earth of two furrows together.

  8. 8.

    To practice robbery on the seas; to voyage about on the seas as a pirate.

  9. 1.

    simple past of rive

  10. 2.

    simple past of reeve

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

roll cast range wander swan drift stray tramp roam vagabond

上位词 4

go move travel locomote

下位词 4

gad gallivant jazz around maunder

近义相关 4

wander drift stray err

相关短语

rove beetle 隐翅虫 rove beetles crab-like rove beetle crab-like rove beetles

词源

Probably from Middle English *roven, a Midlands variant of Northern Middle English raven (“to wander”), from Old Norse ráfa (“to rove; stray about”). Cognate with Icelandic ráfa (“to wander”), Scots rave (“to wander; stray; roam”).

来源：wiktionary