scroll — Английский словарь

Существительное

1. A roll of paper or parchment; a writing formed into a roll.

2. An ornament formed of undulations giving off spirals or sprays, usually suggestive of plant form. Roman architectural ornament is largely of some scroll pattern.

3. Spirals or sprays in the shape of an actual plant.

   Примеры

   I lose myself in a flawed henna plant jutting toward the scroll. Its rose-pink eyes burst off the stems.

4. A mark or flourish added to a person's signature, intended to represent a seal, and in some States allowed as a substitute for a seal. [U.S.] Alexander Mansfield Burrill.

5. The carved end of a violin, viola, cello or other stringed instrument, most commonly scroll-shaped but occasionally in the form of a human or animal head.

   Синонимы

   fiddlehead

6. A skew surface.

7. A kind of sweet roll baked in a somewhat spiral shape.

   Примеры

   I ordered a glass of lemonade and a coffee scroll.

8. The incremental movement of graphics on a screen, removing one portion to show the next.

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   […] the computer sends orders, via electrical impulses, to recompose the liquid crystal structure inside the cells quickly which results in the familiar smooth scroll of the pointer on your screen.

9. A spiral waterway placed round a turbine to regulate the flow.

10. A turbinate bone.

11. A rough draft of anything.

    Употребление

    • вышедшее из употребления

12. The act of scrolling.

    Примеры

    I gave the terms and conditions a quick scroll before signing up to the website.

    Другие примеры (1)

    Silicon Valley’s dirtiest design feature – which is everywhere once you spot it – is the infinite scroll, likened to the “bottomless soup bowl” experiment, in which participants will keep mindlessly eating from a soup bowl if it keeps refilling.

Глагол

1. To change one's view of data on a computer's display by moving in gradual increments, typically using an input device or touch screen.

   Употребление

   • переходное или непереходное употребление

   Примеры

   She scrolled the offending image out of view.

   She kept scrolling until she found the desired paragraph.

   Другие примеры (2)

   Use the stylus to scroll up and down the list or flip through the pages left and right.

   He usually used it to scroll messages across his face.

2. To move in or out of view horizontally or vertically.

   Употребление

   • непереходный глагол

   Примеры

   The rising credits slowly scrolled off the screen.

   The piano plays on. I watch those little rectangles as they scroll down from the top.

   Другие примеры (1)

   Pavement scrolled beneath the headlight beams, reminding Emma of a conveyor belt.

3. To continuously and aimlessly consume content on social media, especially on websites or apps with a scrolling feed, such as Instagram, TikTok, or X.

   Употребление

   • непереходный глагол

   Примеры

   Другие примеры (1)

   With millions of creators worldwide, many of whom are generating income through brand partnerships, affiliate deals, and platform monetization, influencers are likely popping up any time you pick up a phone to scroll.

4. To flood a chat system with numerous lines of text, causing legitimate messages to scroll out of view before they can be read.

   Употребление

   • Internet
   • устаревающее
   • непереходный глагол

   Примеры

   Hey, stop scrolling!

   Другие примеры (2)

   It's cool but i know why I prefer newsgroups : I just got banned for scrolling or summat : i was typing one word in each message so pppl^([sic]) could read it cos it was going so fast - geez.

   If you want to join this riot, we urge you to! You wont have to worry about being TOSed or reported because there will be no Guides online! So do whatever you want—punt, scroll, tos, just turn AOL into a war zone!

5. To draft; to write in rough outline.

   Употребление

   • вышедшее из употребления
   • переходный глагол

Существительное

1. a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals)

   Синонимы

   coilwhorlrollcurlcurlicueringletgyre

   Более общие понятия

   round shape

2. a document that can be rolled up (as for storage)

   Синонимы

   roll

   Более общие понятия

   manuscriptholograph

Глагол

1. move through text or graphics in order to display parts that do not fit on the screen

   Более общие понятия

   move

   Примеры

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