Reel



GRE 蓝宝 考研

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 卷轴, 旋转
• ［类］ reel : winging / die : shaping ( 卷轴用来卷绕 / 模子用来定形)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrēol; akin to Old Norse hr?ll weaver's reed, Greek krekein to weave
• Date: before 12th century
• 1. a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as
  • a. a small windlass at the butt of a fishing rod for the line
  • b. chiefly British a spool or bobbin for sewing thread
  • c. a flanged spool for photographic film; especially one for motion pictures
• 2. a quantity of something wound on a reel

II. verb

• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. to wind on or as if on a reel
  • 2. to draw by reeling a line <reel a fish in>
• intransitive verb
  • to turn a reel
• ? reelable adjective

III. verb

• Etymology: Middle English relen, probably from reel, noun
• Date: 14th century
• intransitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to turn or move round and round
    • b. to be in a whirl
  • 2. to behave in a violent disorderly manner
  • 3. to waver or fall back (as from a blow)
  • 4. to walk or move unsteadily
• transitive verb
  • to cause to reel

IV. noun

• Date: 1572
• a reeling motion

V. noun

• Etymology: probably from ［sup］4［/sup］reel
• Date: circa 1585
• 1. a lively Scottish-Highland dance; also the music for this dance
• 2. Virginia reel

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