roundabout

英 [ˈraʊndəbaʊt]

美 [ˈraʊndəbaʊt]

n.  (交通)环岛; (游乐设施)旋转平台
adj.  迂回的; 间接的; 兜圈子的

复数：roundabouts　

高考CET6考研GRETEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.7908 / COCA.21821

习惯用语

n.

swings and roundabouts
• （表示无论如何决定都有利有弊）有得必有失
  used to say that there are advantages and disadvantages whatever decision you make
• If you earn more, you pay more in tax, so it's all swings and roundabouts.
  赚的越多，缴的税也越多，所以有得必有失。

牛津词典

noun

• （交通）环岛
  a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction
  1. At the roundabout, take the second exit.
     到环岛后，走第二个出口。
• （游乐设施）旋转平台
  a round platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while the children are sitting on it
• （游乐设施）旋转平台
  a round platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while the children are sitting on it

adj.

• 迂回的；间接的；兜圈子的
  not done or said using the shortest, simplest or most direct way possible
  1. It was a difficult and roundabout trip.
     这是一次艰难而曲折的旅行。
  2. He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
     他拐弯抹角地对我们说他想走了。

柯林斯词典

• （交通）环岛;环形交叉路口
  Aroundaboutis 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


• 旋转木马
  Aroundaboutat 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.

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


• （儿童坐的）旋转圆台
  Aroundaboutin 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


• ADJ-GRADED (路线)迂回的，绕弯的，绕远的
  If you go somewhere by aroundaboutroute, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED (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 aroundaboutway, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
  1. We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.
     我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
  2. ...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
• round about→ see:round

英英释义

noun

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
  Synonym:carouselcarrouselmerry-go-roundwhirligig
• a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
  1. the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
  Synonym:traffic circlecirclerotary

adj

• deviating from a straight course
  1. a scenic but devious route
  2. a long and circuitous journey by train and boat
  3. a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
  Synonym:deviouscircuitous
• marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  1. the explanation was circuitous and puzzling
  2. a roundabout paragraph
  3. hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
  Synonym:circuitous

双语例句

• When you meet some difficulties while speaking, you can say in a roundabout way.
  当你说一些比较复杂的词语时，你可以用别的词语间接地表达出来。
• It's too much bother going there by a roundabout way.
  绕道去那儿太麻烦了。
• A new roundabout was built to improve the traffic circulation.
  造了一座新的环形交叉路口。以使车辆畅通无阻。
• Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.
  在刚过巴尔比环岛的地方，有一个临时红绿灯。
• I drove the wrong way round a roundabout.
  我驾车开上环路时开错了方向。
• It was fine of you. I heard in a roundabout way that he was safe in texas.
  你可太好了，我打听到了一点消息说他在得克萨斯平安无事的。
• We who are inside the economic system are not conscious of how roundabout our productive processes have become.
  我们处于这种经济制度之内的人未感觉到现在生产过程是多么迂回弯转。
• We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.
  我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
• We drove home by a roundabout route.
  我们开车绕道回的家。
• If you go that way, you'll be taking a roundabout and much longer route.
  这么走太绕远儿，不顺脚儿。