masc. proper name, from French, from Old High German Hrodland, literally "(having a) famous land." As legendary nephew of Charlemagne, celebrated in "Chanson de Roland," c. 1300. His comrade was Oliver, hence a Roland for an Oliver (1610s) in expressions meaning "to give as good as one gets, tit for tat."
雙語例句
1. Roland sometimes saw me as a shoulder to cry on.
羅蘭有時把我看作是一個可以傾訴的對象。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Roland Nilsson last night backed Sheffield Wednesday to win the UEFA Cup.
昨晚羅蘭·尼爾森打賭謝菲爾德周三隊會捧得歐洲聯(lián)盟杯。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Roland was taken aback by our strength of feeling.
我們反應(yīng)如此強烈，令羅蘭大吃一驚。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They gave the name Roland to their first child.
他們給自己的第一個孩子起名為羅蘭.
來自辭典例句
5. Roland, in the electric - blue uniform, was perturbed.