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roundabout

美音: [ˈænθəm] 英音: [ˈænθəm]

第三人称复数:roundabouts

roundabout基本解释

名词绕道; 环形交通枢纽; 旋转木马

形容词绕圈子的; 不直截了当的; 间接的,迂回的

roundabout相关例句

形容词

1. She suggested it in a very roundabout way.
她很婉转地提出了这个建议。

2. As usual, he reached her house in a roundabout way.
一如往常,他绕道来到她的家。

roundabout网络解释

1. 环岛:于是,在伟大的GPS指引下,我们忽尔向忽而向右,就这么欣赏着快乐着,穿过丘陵、穿过农庄、穿过牧场,一路沿山势而上,突然发现自己到了一个类似环岛(roundabout)的地方,左中右各是一个Farm的入口,路口有简易的门栏拦着,我们傻眼了,这怎么走啊?

2. 圆环:交通规则:在澳洲驾车靠左行驶,与国内相反,且在澳洲遇到圆环(roundabout)时,如驾驶人右方有来车,右边来车优先. 遇到Give Way标志时,必须让对方先行. 遇Stop标志,则必须完全停车. 除非您熟悉当地的交通规则或驾驶文化,否则建议您使用大众交通工具,

roundabout词典解释

1. (交通)环岛;环形交叉路口
A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive round it until you come to the road that you want.

in AM, use 美国英语用 traffic circle

2. 旋转木马
A roundabout at a fair is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go round and round.

roundabout的解释

in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round, carousel

3. (儿童坐的)旋转圆台
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 round.

in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round

4. (路线)迂回的,绕弯的,绕远的
If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.

e.g. He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
他今天启程绕道去约旦,用不了多久还会去埃及。

5. (说话或做事)迂回的,转弯抹角的,不直截了当的
If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.

e.g. We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.
我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
e.g. ...using indirect or roundabout language in place of a precise noun.
使用间接的、旁敲侧击的语言,而不是准确的名词

6. round about -> see round
swings and roundabouts -> see swing

roundabout英英释义

noun

1. a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

Synonym: carouselcarrouselmerry-go-roundwhirligig

2. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

e.g. the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary

Synonym: traffic circlecirclerotary

adj

1. deviating from a straight course

e.g. a scenic but devious route
a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic

Synonym: deviouscircuitous

2. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

e.g. the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
a roundabout paragraph
hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend

Synonym: circuitous

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