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单词 merry-go-round
释义
merry-go-round
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmer.i.ɡəʊˌraʊnd/us
/ˈmer.i.ɡoʊˌraʊnd/

merry-go-roundnoun[C](FOR CHILDREN)

(UKalsoroundabout);(USalsocarousel)
alargemachineat afairthatturnsround and haswoodenorplasticanimalsorvehicleson whichchildrenride:
旋转木马
Thegirlswantedthe merry-go-round to gofaster.女孩们想让旋转木马转得快一些。
picture of merry-go-round
Neville Mountford-Hoare/Aurora/GettyImages
US
(UKroundabout)
aflat, roundpieceofequipmentinplayareason whichchildrensitorstandand arepushedround and round
脚踏旋转平台
picture of merry-go-round
tzahiV/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Carnival, fairground & circus
  • acrobatics
  • aerialist
  • amusement arcade
  • amusement park
  • big dipper
  • big top
  • coconut shy
  • custard pie
  • Dodgem (car)
  • fairground
  • Ferris wheel
  • fire-eater
  • juggle
  • juggler
  • juggling
  • midway
  • Punch and Judy show
  • ringmaster
  • trapeze
  • unicycle
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merry-go-roundnoun[C](SEVERAL ACTIVITIES)

aseriesofsimilaractivitiesthat can oftenseemboring:
（看上去常令人厌倦的）一连串（类似的活动）
With his firstbookcame theendlessmerry-go-roundofpublicityandinterviews.随着他第一本书的出版，接踵而来的是一连串无尽的宣传和采访活动。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Order and sequence - general words
  • alphabetize
  • around
  • back end
  • be a chapter of accidentsidiom
  • catalogue
  • chapter
  • cycle
  • inline
  • linearity
  • linearly
  • litany
  • next
  • procession
  • secondly
  • sequence
  • sequencing
  • sequent
  • string
  • train
  • wave
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(Definition ofmerry-go-roundfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

merry-go-round| American Dictionary

merry-go-round
noun[C]
us
/ˈmer·i·ɡoʊˌrɑʊnd/
(alsocarousel)
acircularstagewithbrightlycoloredartificialanimalsthatchildrencanrideon while itturnsaround and around asmusicplays
(Definition ofmerry-go-roundfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmerry-go-round

merry-go-round
Symmetries in modulated traveling waves in combustion: jumping ponies on amerry-go-round.
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Such forces keep the bacteria together (like a group of ice-skaters holding hands) thus forcing them to perform a "merry-go-round" like motion.
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There is no way off this discursivemerry-go-round, apart from the option of making and breaking concepts against complex evidence.
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What is another name formerry-go-round?
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One is thinking of the overland barge possibility; of the capsule pipeline; of the conveyor belt, of themerry-go-roundtrain between the two estuaries.
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The other type of train which again has been badly affected in the past year is themerry-go-roundtrain from pit to power station.
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It sometimes seems to me that we are engaged in a gigantic game ofmerry-go-round.
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We are back on the same oldmerry-go-round, it is just not on.
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Is he aware that in my constituency there is total opposition to thismerry-go-roundarrangement?
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We are at a point at which we have turned themerry-go-roundinto a crazy spiral of administration of a tax imposition.
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I feel that it is a pity that from the point of view of the local authorities thismerry-go-roundlooks like going on and on.
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It is amerry-go-roundfrom which no one can get off.
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They have introduced efficientmerry-go-roundtrains for bulk loads travelling on a regular basis.
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The inner cities are a tenure trap for some people and a speedymerry-go-roundfor others.
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Is it not time that some action was taken, for the good of our economy and of our industrial relations, to stop this inflationarymerry-go-round?
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