roc
pronunciation
How to pronounce roc in British English:
UK [rɒk]
How to pronounce roc in American English:
US [rɑk]
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- Noun:
- mythical bird of prey having enormous size and strength
Word Origin
- roc (n.)
- large, ferocious bird of fable, 1570s, from Arabic rukhkh, from Persian rukh. Mentioned in Marco Polo's account of Madagascar, modern use is mostly from "Arabian Nights." Hence roc's egg "something marvelous or prodigious."
Example
- 1. Personnel dispatched to the roc by foreign governments and their dependants and entourage .
- 2. Roc analysis was made basing on clinic outcomes .
- 3. If you want to fly far away like a roc , first you should accumulate and perfect yourself .
- 4. Paraguay scored four consecutive world cup , former south american underdog now been completely transformed roc , beyond has won two world cup champion uruguay , south america , among the top three ranks .
- 5. Proceedings of roc computational linguistics workshop .