roundabout
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route. 迂回的
He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt. 他今天繞道前往約旦，也將很快到達(dá)埃及。
2. ADJ If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way. 拐彎抹角的
We made a little fuss in a roundabout way. 我們拐彎抹角地發(fā)了點(diǎn)牢騷。
3. N-COUNT A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive around it until you come to the road that you want. (交通) 環(huán)島[英國英語]
4. N-COUNT A roundabout at an amusement park is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go around and around. (游樂園的) 旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬[英國英語]
5. N-COUNT A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin around. (公園、學(xué)校的) 轉(zhuǎn)椅[英國英語]
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roundabout /?ra?nd??ba?t/ (roundabouts)
劍橋詞典
- Take the first left at the roundabout.
- Take the last turning at the roundabout.
roundabout noun [C] (ON ROAD)
A2 (US traffic circle)a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle , rather than straight across
環(huán)島；環(huán)形交叉路口
范例
roundabout noun [C] (PLAY EQUIPMENT)
(US merry-go-round)a flat , round piece of equipment in play areas on which children sit or stand and are pushed round and round
（游樂區(qū)的）旋轉(zhuǎn)平臺，旋轉(zhuǎn)椅
(US carousel)
a large machine at a fair that turns round and has wooden or plastic animals or vehicles on which children ride
（兒童樂園的）旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬
同義詞
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