roundabout

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island. Australia,Canada,Ireland,New-England,New-Zealand
  2. A horizontal wheel which rotates around a central axis when pushed and on which children ride, often found in parks as a children's play apparatus. UK
  3. A fairground carousel.
  4. A detour.
  5. A short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
  6. A round dance. archaic
动词 v.
  1. To play on a roundabout (carousel)
  2. To travel round roundabouts
  3. To talk in a roundabout, indirect manner
形容词 adj.
  1. Indirect, circuitous, or circumlocutionary.
    — [S]he fled, running like a deer, doubling and turning through alleys and back streets until by a very roundabout road she reached her own room.
  2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive.
    — The third sort is of those who readily and sincerely follow reason, but for want of having that which one may call a large, sound, roundabout sense, have not a full view of all that relates to the question.

词形变化

more roundabout comparative most roundabout superlative roundabouts plural roundabouts present,singular,third-person roundabouting participle,present roundabouted participle,past roundabouted past

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
swings and roundabouts

词源

词源 1
From round + about [from early 20th c.].
词源 2
From round + about [from early 20th c.].
词源 3
From round + about [from early 20th c.].
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