单词 | roundabout |
释义 | roundabout /'raundsbaut; 'raund 团 baut/ attrib adj not going or coming by, or using, the shortest or most direct route: 绕远道的; 间接的: I heard the news in a ~ way. 我间接听到这个消息。 We came by a route. 我们绕远路而来。 What a ~ way of doing things! 这真是一种绕圈子的做法! n [C] 1 (=merry-go-round) revolving circular platform with wooden horses, etc on which children ride for fun (at fairs, etc). 旋转木马(一种装有木马等的圆形台供儿童乘坐玩乐)。 You lose on the swings what you make on the ~s, (prov) have losses and profits which are about equal. (谚)失之东隅,收之桑榆。 2 circular road junction causing traffic to go round instead of directly across (US 美 → traffic circle or rotary). 道路交叉处之圆环(使交通车辆绕行而不直接驶过)。 |
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