roundabout

英['raʊndəbaʊt] 美['raʊndəbaʊt]
  • adj. 绕道的；迂回的
  • n. 环形交叉路口
  • n. (英)旋转木马
  • n. 紧身短上衣
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详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. [C]绕行路线，绕道，环状交叉路 a place where three or more roads meet,which has a usually circular area in the middle round which the traffic must go,rather than straight across
    adj. (形容词)
    1. 绕道的，不直截了当的 indirect,taking a long time to say sth or way to go somewhere

英英释义

Noun:
  1. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;

    "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

  2. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

Adjective:
  1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;

    "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"
    "a roundabout paragraph"
    "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

  2. deviating from a straight course;

    "a scenic but devious route"
    "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"
    "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

双语例句

1. The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
拐弯就在环岛前面约2公里处。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.
在刚过巴尔比环岛的地方，有一个临时红绿灯。

来自柯林斯例句

3. At the roundabout, take the second exit.
到环岛后，走第二个出口。

来自《权威词典》

4. Last night I got lost, and took a very roundabout way.
昨天夜里走错了路, 绕了一个大圈子.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. What a roundabout way of doing things!
这是个多么绕圈子做事的方法!

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

    用作形容词 (adj.)
    1. We drove home by a roundabout route.
      我们绕远道驾车回家。
    2. The taxi didn't go by the direct route, but in a roundabout way.
      出租车没有走直路，而是绕道行驶。
    3. She suggested it in a very roundabout way.
      她很婉转地提出了这个建议。
    4. I entered the village by the little roundabout lane.
      我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Turn left at the next roundabout.
      在下一个环形交叉路口向左转。
    2. The car stalled at the roundabout.
      那辆汽车在环形交叉处抛锚了。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed.
      孩子们推动着旋转平台快得令人眩晕。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight.
      这时在她身后传来一声轻微的响声，她转身一把抓住了一个小男孩的短外套的衣角，他想跑都跑不掉了。
    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Drive on 4 miles to the next roundabout.
      往前行驶四英里到下一个环状交叉路。
    2. The city built a roundabout.
      城里建了转盘路。
    用作形容词 (adj.)
    用作定语 ～+ n.
    1. We took a roundabout way from Chicago to San Francisco by driving through Texas.
      我们从芝加哥驱车绕道得克萨斯到达旧金山。

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