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单词 roundabout
释义
roundabout
noun[C]
UK
uk
/ˈraʊnd.ə.baʊt/us
/ˈraʊnd.ə.baʊt/

roundaboutnoun[C](ON ROAD)

A2
(UStraffic circle)
aplacewhere three or moreroadsjoinandtrafficmust go around acircularareain themiddle,ratherthanstraightacross
环岛；环形交叉路口
picture of roundabout
COLIN Matthieu/hemis.fr/GettyImages
Examples
  • Take the firstleftat the roundabout.
  • Take the lastturningat the roundabout.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Road junctions
  • box
  • box junction
  • circus
  • cloverleaf
  • corner
  • crossing
  • crossroad
  • crossroads
  • fork
  • intersect
  • intersection
  • junction
  • mini-roundabout
  • spaghetti junction
  • T-junction
  • throughabout
  • traffic circle
  • turn off(something)
  • turning
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roundaboutnoun[C](PLAY EQUIPMENT)

(USmerry-go-round)
aflat, roundpieceofequipmentinplayareason whichchildrensitorstandand arepushedround and round
（游乐区的）旋转平台，旋转椅
picture of roundabout
tzahiV/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
(UScarousel)
alargemachineat afairthatturnsround and haswoodenorplasticanimalsorvehicleson whichchildrenride
（儿童乐园的）旋转木马
Synonym
merry-go-round
picture of roundabout
Neville Mountford-Hoare/Aurora/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Play areas for children
  • amusement arcade
  • ball pool
  • climbing frame
  • jungle gym
  • paddling pool
  • play park
  • playground
  • playroom
  • rec
  • recreation ground
  • sandbox
  • sandlot
  • sandpit
  • schoolyard
  • seesaw
  • slide
  • swing
  • teeter-totter
  • wading pool
  • Wendy house
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Carnival, fairground & circus
roundabout
adjective
uk
/ˈraʊnd.ə.baʊt/us
/ˈraʊnd.ə.baʊt/
not in asimple,direct, orquickway:
转弯抹角的；绕弯子的；不直接的
We took a roundaboutroutetoavoidtheaccident.为了避开那起事故的事发现场，我们绕道而行。
Heaskedme, in a roundaboutway, if he could have asalaryincrease.他转弯抹角地问我是否可以给他加薪。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
  • bury the ledeidiom
  • candy coat
  • candy coating
  • candy-coated
  • circumlocutory
  • equivocate
  • euphemism
  • hedge
  • hedging
  • implicit
  • implicitly
  • indirectly
  • lede
  • mincing
  • move offsomething/on (tosomething)
  • obfuscate
  • obscure
  • sanitize
  • stray
  • veil
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(Definition ofroundaboutfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

roundabout| American Dictionary

roundabout
adjective
us
/ˈrɑʊnd·əˈbɑʊt/

roundaboutadjective(NOT DIRECT)

notsimple,direct, orquick:
You took the roundabout way to get here.
roundabout
noun[C]
Br
us
/ˈrɑʊnd·əˌbɑʊt/

roundaboutnoun[C](CIRCLE)

atrafficcircle
(Definition ofroundaboutfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofroundabout

roundabout
Theroundaboutway that we change the value without losing the formula is therefore as follows.
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They have wanted war, they have been waging it upon us for three years, but in a clandestine, hypocritical,roundaboutmanner.
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A police contingent waiting at theroundaboutstopped the procession from proceeding.
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Wouldn't we get the same result, only in a lessroundaboutway, by arguing just the first-order issue?
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When people from different cultures and educated in different tongues try to communicate, indirect orroundaboutexpressions can easily lead to misunderstandings.
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Theroundaboutis a space on which all roads seemingly converge.
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In practice, however, we probably threw away on the swings most of what we had gained on the roundabouts.
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The second stage of the route veered close by aroundaboutwith thunderous heavy traffic.
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Our motivation is a bit moreroundabouthere.
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Thus, repress the instantaneous motions of merriment may be seen as aroundaboutand obscure way of saying stop laughing.
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Well, we proceed in thisroundaboutmanner because we want to make clear that the proof we provide below has a very simple structure.
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What he loses on the swings he may gain on theroundabout.
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He is placed upon an approximately five-foot high square pedestal which is situated on the aforementionedroundabout.
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The ten essays together manage to achieve most of these objectives, albeit sometimes in aroundaboutand discursive way.
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We therefore proceed in a moreroundaboutway.
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