a roll of parchment or paper for writing or painting on (写字或作画用的)一卷(羊皮)纸,卷轴 ■an ancient book or document on such a roll 一卷古书(或公文、文件) ■an ornamental design or carving resembling a partly unrolled scroll of parchment, e.g. on the capital of a column, or at the end of a stringed instrument (如在柱头上或在弦乐器的顶端的)像部分展开的一卷羊皮纸的装饰设计(或雕刻);涡卷形装饰 ■(Art & Heraldry)a depiction of a narrow ribbon bearing a motto or inscription (艺术,纹章)印上格言(或题字)的丝带的描绘
[mass noun][usu. as modifier]the facility which moves a display on a VDU screen in order to view new material 为了查阅新材料而设的视频显示装置滚动条
verb
[no obj., with adverbial]move displayed text or graphics in a particular direction on a computer screen in order to view different parts of them 在电脑屏幕上移动已显示的文章(或图形)以查阅不同的部分 she scrolled through her file. 她将文件从头到尾滚动了一次。 ■(of displayed text or graphics) move up, down, or across a computer screen (显示的文章、图形)上、下、横向移动
[with obj.]cause to move like paper rolling or unrolling 使像纸卷合上(或打开)那样移动 the wind scrolled back the uppermost layer of loose dust. 风把最上层的松软的尘土卷了回去。
派生 scrollable adjective 语源
late Middle English: alteration of obsolete scrow 'roll', shortening of escrow