roll one's own

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To create something of which an analogue is commercially available. idiomatic,informal
    — My custom wordprocessor? Yeah, I could have just installed Word or OpenOffice, but I always prefer to roll my own.

词形变化

rolls one's own present,singular,third-person rolling one's own participle,present rolled one's own participle,past rolled one's own past

词源

From cigarettes, which are available commercially rolled (i.e., with the paper around the substance being smoked) but which some prefer to roll.
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