Scroll



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 卷轴, 纸卷, 画卷
• ［英］ n. 卷轴, 纸卷, 画卷 ( a roll for writing a document)
• ［记］ 分割记忆: sc看作scene ( 风景) +roll ( 卷) -> 卷着的风景 -> 画卷

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English scrowle, blend of rolle roll and scrowe scrap, scroll (from Anglo-French escrowe, of Germanic origin; akin to Middle Dutch schrode piece cut off, Old High German scrōt) — more at shred
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. a roll (as of papyrus, leather, or parchment) for writing a document
  • b. archaic a written message
  • c. roster, list
  • d. a riband with rolled ends often inscribed with a motto
• 2.
  • a. something resembling a scroll in shape; especially a spiral or convoluted form in ornamental design derived from the curves of a loosely or partly rolled parchment scroll
  • b. the curved head of a bowed stringed musical instrument — see violin illustration
• ? scrolled adjective

II. verb

• Date: 1973
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to move text or graphics up or down or across a display screen as if by unrolling a scroll
  • 2. to progress, move, or be revealed as if by the unrolling of a scroll <watch scenery scroll by large picture windows — David Yeadon>
• transitive verb
  • to cause (text or graphics on a display screen) to move in scrolling

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