roving

FREQ #28543

a. 徘徊的, 流动的 n. 流浪, 漫游, 粗纱

发音

US /ˈɹoʊvɪŋ/

词形变化

rovings 复数 rovings more roving 比较级 most roving 最高级

别名

rowan rowen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A long and narrow bundle of fibre, usually used to spin woollen yarn or in felting.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    The process of giving the first twist to yarn.

    可数 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of rove

adj.
  1. 1.

    Moving about; having no fixed or permanent abode; travelling from place to place.

  2. 2.

    Of the eyes or gaze, inspecting all over; not staying fixed on one subject.

    His roving eyes never focused on anything specific.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

wandering vagabondage

上位词 3

travel traveling travelling

下位词 1

drifting
形容词

同义词 4

mobile wandering nomadic peregrine

近义相关 1

unsettled

相关短语

roving eye roving eyes roving reel roving reels roving plate roving plates roving sailor roving sailors roving bridge roving bridges

词源

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”).

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