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.
Значення
значень: 4(історичне)A steam-powered heavy road roller.
(ширше, розмовне)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.
Ще визначення
- vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements
- a massive inexorable force that seems to crush everything in its way
Приклади
речень: 2The steamroller can only move slowly.
deDie Dampfwalze kann sich nur langsam bewegen. — Esperantostern
Horses used to pull road-rollers, but the steamroller arrived with the invention of the steam engine.
Переклади
мов: 5Deutsch
steam-powered road roller:
Походження
From steam + roller.From steam + roller.
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Форми
множина: steamrollersСиноніми
синонімів: 2Близькі за значенням
- 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
Спільнокореневі
пов’язаних слів: 1Пов’язаніsteamroll