ro
ro — adjective
- ropositive
- roercomparative
- roestsuperlative
1. relating to a type of ship where cars, lorries, and other vehicles are driven di
relating to a type of ship where cars, lorries, and other vehicles are driven directly on board through one opening and driven off through another, removing the need for loading cranes.
Karim counted twenty lorries drive onto the ro-ro ferry at Calais in under an hour.
attributive use: ro-ro ferry / ro-ro vessel / ro-ro ship
In Bilbao, the ro-ro ship lowered its ramp as cars drove off the deck.
Shipping companies choose ro-ro designs because cargo can drive on and off without using cranes.
A new ro-ro terminal opened in Tangier last year to serve the growing freight traffic.
Ilan checks each vehicle is safely secured on the ro-ro ferry before it sails.
- ro-ro
the standard written form, with a hyphen and repeated syllable
- roll-on-roll-off
the full phrase, rarely used in everyday shipping communication
文法句型
ro + noun describing a ship, ferry, or terminal
用法筆記
Always used attributively before a noun (e.g. ro ship, ro ferry). The full form 'roll-on-roll-off' or the reduplicated spelling 'ro-ro' is more common in most writing.