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形容詞

roll-on (not comparable)

1. (of deodorant, etc.) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

関連する語

名詞

roll-on (plural roll-ons)

1. (dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
   • 1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139:

     Roll-ons and lastex corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.

   • 2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian:

     We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.

2. A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
   • 1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian:

     I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.

アナグラム

• no-roll

動詞

roll on (third-person singular simple present rolls on, present participle rolling on, simple past and past participle rolled on)

1. (intransitive, especially of time) To pass; to go on; to elapse.
2. (intransitive) To continue to move forwards.
   • 2011 October 1, Saj Chowdhury, “Wolverhampton 1 - 2 Newcastle”, in BBC Sport‎:

     McCarthy will point to their bad luck but the statistics now show that Wolves have lost four league matches and have claimed one point from a possible 15 - so it may prove to be another difficult season for the Midlands side.
     In contrast, the Newcastle juggernaut rolls on.

   • 2025 August 22, Mike Henson, “England open World Cup with 11-try win over USA”, in BBC Sport‎:

     England roll on to a meeting with Samoa in Northampton next weekend, while the presence of the United States, and Maher, in the knockout stages is likely to depend on them being able to upset Australia in York on 30 August.

3. (transitive) To load or apply something with a rolling motion.

   Antonym: roll off

   He rolled on some deodorant, threw on a shirt, and ran out the door.

   He rolled on some paint, slapped up a "wet paint" sign, and called it a day.

   You don't have to lift this equipment onto the truck, because it rolls right on if you align its casters with those little grooves.

4. (transitive, slang) To snitch or tattle (on a person or group), to reveal a secret under pressure, usually regarding criminal matters.

同意語

• (to elapse): go by; see also Thesaurus:elapse
• (to move forwards): keep on, go on; see also Thesaurus:proceed
• (to snitch): inform on, grass up; see also Thesaurus:rat out

間投詞

roll on

1. Used to express anticipation

   Roll on, summer!

アナグラム

• no-roll