roundabout
柯林斯词典
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. 他今天绕道前往约旦,也将很快到达埃及。
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. 拐弯抹角的
We made a little fuss in a roundabout way. 我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
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) 环岛[英国英语]
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. (游乐园的) 旋转木马[英国英语]
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. (公园、学校的) 转椅[英国英语]
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roundabout /ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt/ (roundabouts)
剑桥词典
- 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
环岛;环形交叉路口
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
(游乐区的)旋转平台,旋转椅
(US carousel)
a large machine at a fair that turns round and has wooden or plastic animals or vehicles on which children ride
(儿童乐园的)旋转木马
同义词
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