单词 | roundabout |
释义 | roundabout¹ 1.<英>(for amusement)旋转木马 He took her to the park, to play on the swings and roundabouts.他带她去公园荡秋千, 骑旋转木马。 2.<英>(in road)环岛 Turn north at the big roundabout.在大环岛处向北转。 Jack pulled up on the roundabout by the port for a road block.因为有路障, 杰克在港口边的一个环岛处停下车。 3.<非正式>=boring mill roundabout² + language, means绕弯子的;不直截了当的;+ route绕道的;兜圈子的 Was this simply a roundabout way of calling me heartless?这是不是在绕着圈儿骂我无情无义呢? It was a pretty roundabout way of getting information across.这是一种非常迂回曲折的信息传递方法。 He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan.他今天离开, 绕道去乔丹那儿。 Knight had journeyed in a roundabout way to Brussels.奈特绕道去了布鲁塞尔。 to do sth in a roundabout way迂回地做某事 I suggested it in a very roundabout way.我拐弯抹角地暗示了一下。 We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.我们自找麻烦地忙乱了一番。 to take a roundabout route绕道 The taxi driver took a very roundabout route.出租车司机走了一条很绕远的路。 |
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