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| 1 | to go round something 环绕；绕过： |
| The van had just rounded the corner when it was hit by a lorry. 一辆小货车刚绕过街角，就被一辆大卡车撞上了。 |
| As they rounded the bend, the house came into view. 他们绕过转弯处，那座房子便映入了眼帘。 |
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| 2 | to make something round or curved 使成圆形；使成弧形 |
| You have to round your lips to blow into the flute. 你得把嘴唇撮圆才可以吹这支笛子。 |
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| - | ˌround ˈdown |
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| | to reduce a number to the nearest whole number , or the nearest number ending in zero 把（数）下舍入；（以舍弃尾数的办法）把（数）调低为整数 | The total came to £10.04, but she rounded it down to £10. 总数为10.04英镑，但她取了10英镑这个整数。 | |
| - | ˌround ˈoff |
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| 1 | to end something in a satisfactory way 圆满完成（或结束） | +with They rounded off their six-match tour with a brilliant victory yesterday. 昨天他们以辉煌的胜利圆满结束了共6场比赛的巡回赛。 | | round sth off by doing sth Mr Orme rounded off the evening by buying everyone a drink. 奥姆先生给每人买了一份饮料后圆满结束了晚会。 | |
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| 2 | to make an angle or surface curved and smooth 把…修圆磨光 | Use a sharp knife to round off the edges. 用一把锋利的刀来把边缘修光滑。 | |
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| 3 | to change a number to the nearest whole number , or the nearest number ending in zero 把（数字）四舍五入为整数；把（数字）凑成整数 | Well that comes to 169, so let’ s round it off to 170. 嗯，结果为169，我们就把它凑个整数，凑成170吧。 | |
| - | ˈround on |
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| | round on sb: to react angrily towards someone 愤怒地回应 | He rounded on critics who have been calling for his resignation. 他愤然回应那些要他辞职的批评者。 | |
| - | ˌround ˈout |
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| | to make something more complete , especially by adding another feature （尤指通过增加另一特点而）使更加完美，彻底完成 | Bodine and Rogers rounded out the list of top finishers. 博丁和罗杰斯充实了优胜者名单。 | |
| - | ˌround ˈup |
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| 1 | to find and arrest people 搜捕；围捕 | Dozens of political activists have been rounded up for questioning. 数十位政治活动家遭到搜捕审讯。 | |
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| 2 | to bring animals or people together in one place for a particular purpose 把（动物或人）聚拢起来 | I used to help round up the cows at milking time. 我过去常在挤牛奶的时候把奶牛赶到一起。 | | Officials also were having trouble rounding up truck drivers to make the deliveries. 官员们在召集卡车司机运送这些物品时也碰到了困难。 | |
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| 3 | to increase a number to the nearest whole number , or the nearest number ending in zero 把（数字）上进入；把（数字）调高为整数 |
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