roundabout什么意思
roundabout什么意思
单词解析
round,作为介词和副词,主要在英式英语中使用,美式英语中通常使用around。意思是围绕、环绕、到处、周围、环形的。
round 环绕
about:
关于、无序地(主要用在英式英语中,美式英语为around)、在一个特定的地方(英式英语中、正式用法)、大约、大概、到处(四面八方,主要用在英式英语中,美式英语为around)。
round about(注意中间有个空格)的意思是大约、大概。
比如可以这么说:I will be at home at round about 2 o'clock tomorrow.
roundabout,作名词通常在英式英语中使用,指的是环形交叉路口(美式英语是traffic circle)。
roundabout 之 环形交叉路口
还可指游乐区的旋转平台(美式英语是merry-go-round),
roundabout 之 旋转平台
还指儿童乐园中的旋转木马(美式英语是carousel)。
roundabout 之 旋转木马
roundabout作形容词,意思是不直接的、绕弯的。
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造句:She took a roundabout route to tell me the bad news.
大家有没有注意到round about更侧重于about,而roundabout则更侧重于round?
Roundabout的英文解释:
(US traffic circle) UK a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle, rather than straight across(US merry-go-round) UK a flat, round piece of equipment in play areas on which children sit or stand and are pushed round and round(US carousel) UK a large machine at a fair that turns round and has wooden or plastic animals or vehicles on which children ridenot in a simple, direct, or quick way
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