roly-poly
英 ['rəuli'pəuli]
美
- roly-poly (adj.)
- "short and stout," 1820, probably a varied reduplication of roll (v.). As a noun, it was used as the name of various ball games from 1713, and it was used as early as 1610s in the sense of "rascal." As an appellation of a short, stout person, from 1836.
- 1. A roly tumbler or wobbly man is a toy that rights itself when pushed over.
- 不倒翁,就是每次被压倒都会自己站起来的玩具.
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