roulette
A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle…A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
» Tom is at the roulette table.
Значение
значений: 7(неисчисляемое)A game of chance in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered (usually red and black) spaces. When the ball stops, it indicates the result of a variety of wagers permitted by the game.
Roulette
руле́ткаrulétka
руле́ткаrulétka
(переносно, неисчисляемое)An instance of risk-taking, especially when the downside exceeds the upside (contrary to the game of roulette where only the wager is lost).
(исчисляемое)A small toothed wheel used by engravers to roll over a plate in order to produce rows of dots.
(исчисляемое)A similar wheel used to roughen the surface of a plate, as in making alterations in a mezzotint.
a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations
(исчисляемое)The locus of a point on a plane curve that rolls without slipping along another fixed plane curve.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)Any of the small incisions on a sheet of stamps, used as an alternative to perforations.
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A cylindrical curler for the hair.
Примеры
предложений: 11Tom is at the roulette table.
Roulette is a game of chance.
Рулетка - это азартная игра. — Balamax
deRoulette ist ein Glücksspiel. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Playing Russian roulette isn't really a good idea.
deRussisch Roulette zu spielen ist keine besonders gute Idee. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The roulette is not only about luck.
deDas Roulette geht nicht nur um Glück. — adlerq
What is your favorite bet in roulette?
Переводы
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Происхождение
Borrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a randBorrowed from French roulette (“roulette, little wheel”). The sense "situation with a random chance of incurring serious harm" may be abstracted from Russian roulette.
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Формы
мн. число: roulettesСинонимы
синонимов: 3- a wheel with teeth for making a row of perforations:toothed wheel
- a line generated by a point on one figure rolling around a second figure:line roulette
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 4Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым