A member of an evangelical Christian group which expresses religious fervour by frenzied excitement or trances.
〈非正式,贬〉“摇喊”教派成员(基督教福音派新教会成员,以狂热和迷乱来表达宗教热情)
holy rollers writhing on the floor
Example sentencesExamples
He can work himself into a holy roller's lather on his motivational tapes, but in person he's reassuringly low-key, with an undercurrent of no-nonsense intensity.
Their programs are widely regarded within the community, but it isn't a place where the holy rollers and people who expect an old fashioned Babtist ceremony would go.
I'm not condemning her for that at all, but I just have to explain that that is why I quit being such a holy roller.
At his party conferences, he's appeared sometimes like a kind of holy roller figure, sometimes like a rather earnest vicar.
Let's face it, we are constantly hearing from the holy rollers with their reassuring message that miracles do happen.