参考词典中roundabout的常规释义:
基本释义
- a. 1.绕道的;(说话,做事等)绕圈子的,不直截了当的,婉转的 2.圆滚滚的;胖嘟嘟的 3.(外衣)下摆圆的名词 n. 1.【英】绕道;绕行路线 2.绕圈子的话;迂回说法 3.【美】(尤指十九世纪男用)紧身短上衣 4.【英】(游乐场等的)旋转木马 5.【英】环形交通枢纽,环形交叉[C]
参考例句
- It's too much bother going there by a roundabout way.
绕道去那儿太麻烦了。 - We drove home by a roundabout route.
我们开车绕道回的家. - At the roundabout take the third exit.
在环状交叉路口从第三条出路驶出. - We came into London by a roundabout way.
我们绕道进入伦敦。 - The car has to come a roundabout way.
车子只得绕道而行。
- It's too much bother going there by a roundabout way.
英英解释
2个名词解释
- a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
[同] rotary, roundabout, traffic circle, circle
[例]- the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
- large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
[同] carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig
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- marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
[同] roundabout, circuitous
[例]- the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
- a roundabout paragraph
- hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
- deviating from a straight course
[同] devious, roundabout, circuitous
[例]- a scenic but devious route
- a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
- a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
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