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

双解释义

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"
   

例句

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。

常见句型

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。

词汇搭配

• mini-roundabout 画在交叉路口的白色圆...
• merry-go-round 旋转木马
• roundabout route 迂回的路线
• tangent roundabout 切线联结式环形交叉...
• roundabout method of production 迂回生产法
• two-level roundabout 双层式环形立体交叉...
• roundabout process 间接过程
• roundabout crossing 环形交叉(口)...
• roundabout production 迂回生产
• in a roundabout way 转弯抹角地
• roundabout trade 间接贸易
• roundabout way 迂回的路线
• round about 围绕

近反义词

【近义词】

• circuitous 迂回的
• winding 卷
• meandering 曲径
• indirect 间接的
• turning 旋转
• zigzag 曲折
• circumlocutory 委婉曲折的
• periphrastic 迂回曲折的
• circular 圆形的
• helical 螺旋状的
• wandering 漫游的
• crooked 弯曲的
• deviating 动词deviate的现在...
• rambling 杂乱无章的
• serpentine 蛇形的
• anfractuous 多弯曲的(错综的)...
• twisting 翘曲
• ambagious 迂远的
• labyrinthine 如迷宫的
• straying 动词stray的现在进行...
• tortuous 弯曲的
• evasive 逃避的
• long 长的
• digressive 离题的
• carousel 旋转木马
• merry-go-round 旋转木马
• oblique 间接的
• ride 骑
• traffic island 交通岛
• junction 连接
• intersection 交集
• around 到处
• near here 在附近
• nearby 附近的
• about 关于
• round 圆的
• whirligig 经常变换的东西...
• devious 迂回的
• traffic circle 圆环
• rotary 旋转的
• circle 圆圈
• carrousel 旋转木马