罗拉 (luó lā) — roller (textile machinery)

Definition

noun

roller (textile machinery)

Measure word · 台

罗拉。
Zhè xiē luó lā shì yòng lái juàn bù liào de.
These rollers are used to roll fabric.
罗拉。
Chē jiān de luó lā xū yào dìng qī wéi hù.
The rollers in the workshop need regular maintenance.
罗拉，。
Jī qì shàng de luó lā huài le, dé huàn yí gè xīn de.
The roller on the machine is broken; we need to replace it.

Single-morpheme word

构词法gòucífǎ

音译yīnyìTransliteration

The characters spell the sound of a foreign word; their individual meanings play no part.

The characters 罗 and 拉 only spell the foreign word for roller and carry no meaning here.

Sound-only characters

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 羅; 罗 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 羅 combines 网 (net) with 維 (a bird tied with string) to show a net for catching birds; the simplified 罗 is a later abbreviation.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

Sound part声符shēngfú

立

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

拉 pairs 手 (hand) with 立, a component that supplies the sound.

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