round·a·bout
noun/ˈraʊndəbaʊt/
/ˈraʊndəbaʊt/
(British English)Idioms - (North American English traffic circle, rotary)a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction
（交通）环岛 - At the roundabout, take the second exit.
到环岛后，走第二个出口。 - When entering a roundabout, give way to any traffic already on it.
进入环形交叉口时，给已经在环形交叉口上的所有车辆让路。 - Leave the roundabout at the second exit.
在第二个出口处驶离环岛。 - There was a lot of traffic on the roundabout.
环行交叉路上车辆很多。
Wordfindersee also mini-roundaboutTopics Transport by car or lorryb2- bypass
- carriageway
- diversion
- hard shoulder
- lane
- lay-by
- motorway
- road
- roundabout
- signpost
- At the roundabout, take the second exit.
enlarge image(North American English merry-go-round)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 - (British English) (also merry-go-round British and North American English, carousel especially in North American English)a round platform with model horses, cars, etc. that turns around and around and that children ride on at a fairground
旋转木马
Idioms
swings and roundabouts
- (British English, informal) used to say that there are advantages and disadvantages whatever decision you make
（表示无论如何决定都有利有弊）有得必有失 - 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。 - What you gain on the swings you may lose on the roundabouts.
你在秋千上获得的东西可能会在回旋处失去。
- If you earn more, you pay more in tax, so it's all swings and roundabouts.