a list or plan showing turns of duty or leave for individuals or groups in an organization 值勤人员表;值勤登记表 next week's duty roster. 下周的值勤人员表。 ■a list of members of a team or organization, in particular of sports players available for team selection (尤指可供运动队挑选的运动员)花名册
verb
[with obj.](一般作 be rostered)place on or assign according to a duty roster 把…列入名单(或登记表)中 the locomotive is rostered for service on Sunday. 这辆机车已列入登记表,星期天要用。
语源
early 18th cent. (originally denoting a list of duties and leave for military personnel): from Dutch rooster 'list', earlier 'gridiron', from roosten 'to roast', with reference to its parallel lines