| 词汇 | high-rolling |
| 释义 | high-rolling adjective[ only before noun ] USukus spending or risking large amounts of money: One high-rolling investor placed a £24m bet on the insurance company's shares. Examples of high-rollinghigh-rolling The money and lifestyle were so seductive and intoxicating that both teenagers dropped out of school and started living the high-rolling, lavish lifestyle. From CNN But what about the high-rolling corporate security involved? From The Verge But don't think it's just the high-rolling wine enthusiasts who are getting stung by counterfeiters. From NPR And it's part of the standard defense package for high-rolling white-collar defendants. From The Atlantic While some establishments make special exceptions for celebrities and high-rolling regulars, it's certainly not always the case. From CNN This was never going to be a high-rolling, quick-strike offense. From Philly.com Residents have rallied city council members to take legal action against their high-rolling managers to get back millions of dollars. From ABC News Residents have rallied city council members to take legal action against their high-rolling managers to get back millions of dollars of wasteful spending. From ABC News She was making heavy weather of it, and every now and again she would ram her nose clear out of sight in the high-rolling sea. From Project Gutenberg Out on the great, high-rolling sea, the penguin had scented a peculiar substance. From Project Gutenberg From this creek, the route is over the high-rolling prairie, upon a smooth and hard trail. From Project Gutenberg This, while still disturbed by high-rolling waves, was no longer lashed by the storm, the hurricane having passed as quickly as it came. From Project Gutenberg Alternately she moved at half-speed-ahead, at stop, or on the reverse, in order that, despite the high-rolling waves, she might not go too far ahead and snap the thin line. From Project Gutenberg The sun shone only for a short time each day, being but a few degrees above the sea line, and the high-rolling sea made life upon the surface uncomfortable. From Project Gutenberg These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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