steamroller
steamroller · steamrollers
A steam-powered heavy road rollerA steam-powered heavy road roller.
US/ˈstimˌroʊlɚ/
» The steamroller can only move slowly.
Die Dampfwalze kann sich nur langsam bewegen.
Значение
значений: 4(историческое)A steam-powered heavy road roller.
(шире, разговорное)Any heavy road roller.
Dampfwalze
(переносно)Any seemingly irresistible force.
(сленг)A pipe, used for smoking cannabis, open at both ends and having a bowl near one end.
Ещё определения
- vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
- a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
Примеры
предложений: 2The steamroller can only move slowly.
deDie Dampfwalze kann sich nur langsam bewegen.
Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.
Переводы
языков: 5Deutsch
steam-powered road roller:
Происхождение
From steam + roller.From steam + roller.
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Формы
мн. число: steamrollersСинонимы
синонимов: 2Близкие по смыслу
- vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements:road roller
- a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way:juggernaut
Однокоренные
связанных слов: 1Связанныеsteamroll