roundabouts

英 [ˈraʊndəbaʊts]

美 [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊts]

n.  (交通)环岛; (游乐设施)旋转平台
roundabout的复数

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

双语例句

• People who don't indicate off roundabouts.
  在交叉路口，不打方向指示灯的人（指车主）。
• Study on Impact of Capacity Under Different Traffic Rules of Large Roundabouts
  大型环形交叉口行车规则对通行能力的影响研究
• The arguments for roundabouts are strong.
  关于环形路的争论一直很激烈。
• Study of the Delay Theory Model for Low Channeling Roundabouts
  低渠化环形交叉口延误理论模型研究
• What people gain on the roundabouts at work obviously matters more to them than what whey lose on the swings in family life.
  人们在工作中的所得，远远比在家庭生活中失去的重要得多。
• Instead they fly along motorways, turn at junctions and even go around roundabouts, adding miles to their journeys.
  相反，它们是沿着汽车路线飞行的。他们在路口处转弯，甚至还绕行环岛，多飞很长的路程。
• Application of Analogy in Phase Design of Signalized Roundabouts
  类比法在十字环形交叉口相位设计中的应用
• What equipment is there? Are there swings, roundabouts, see-saws, springies, slides, climbing frames, tree houses or anything else?
  它有什么设施？有没有秋千、旋转木马、跷跷板、滑梯、爬架、树屋或其他设施？
• We then moved closer to the Arc de Triomphe, one of the busiest roundabouts in the world.
  然后，我们移近凯旋门，其中一个在世界上最繁忙的出入。
• Whatever the outcome of all these swings and roundabouts along with many more, the reason that deciding what to do with your life is so difficult is that it involves predicting the future.
  不管上述列举事情的结果如何，不管这些事情周围还有多少其它事情，让你决定生活中应该做什么事情很困难的原因，是因为你必须去预测未来。