"the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
"the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"
"a roundabout paragraph"
"hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
"a scenic but devious route"
"a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"
"a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"
1.(交通)环岛;环形交叉路口
Aroundabout is 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.
2.旋转木马
Aroundabout at 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.
roundabout的解释
in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round, carousel3.(儿童坐的)旋转圆台
Aroundabout in 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.
4.(路线)迂回的,绕弯的,绕远的
If you go somewhere by aroundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
e.g. He left today on aroundabout 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。
5.(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 aroundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
e.g. We made a bit of a fuss in aroundabout way.
我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
e.g. ...using indirect orroundabout 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
6. round about -> see round
swings and roundabouts -> see swing
1. 环岛:于是,在伟大的GPS指引下,我们忽尔向忽而向右,就这么欣赏着快乐着,穿过丘陵、穿过农庄、穿过牧场,一路沿山势而上,突然发现自己到了一个类似环岛(roundabout)的地方,左中右各是一个Farm的入口,路口有简易的门栏拦着,我们傻眼了,这怎么走啊?
2. 圆环:交通规则:在澳洲驾车靠左行驶,与国内相反,且在澳洲遇到圆环(roundabout)时,如驾驶人右方有来车,右边来车优先. 遇到Give Way标志时,必须让对方先行. 遇Stop标志,则必须完全停车. 除非您熟悉当地的交通规则或驾驶文化,否则建议您使用大众交通工具,
我们绕远道驾车回家。
The taxi didn go by the direct route, but in a roundabout way.出租车没有走直路,而是绕道行驶。
She suggested it in a very roundabout way.她很婉转地提出了这个建议。
I entered the village by the little roundabout lane.我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。
Turn left at the next roundabout.在下一个环形交叉路口向左转。
The car stalled at the roundabout.那辆汽车在环形交叉处抛锚了。
The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed.孩子们推动着旋转平台快得令人眩晕。
There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight.这时在她身后传来一声轻微的响声,她转身一把抓住了一个小男孩的短外套的衣角,他想跑都跑不掉了。
At the roundabout, take the second exit.到环岛后,走第二个出口。
It was a difficult and roundabout trip.这是一次艰难而曲折的旅行。
He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.他拐弯抹角地对我们说他想走了。
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。
We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
...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
When you are playing a roundabout, does the view change?当你在旋转机上玩耍时, 景会变化 吗 ?
The traffic gets snarled up very often at that roundabout.在那个环形路的交叉口,交通时常发生阻塞.
What a roundabout way of doing things!这是个多么绕圈子做事的方法!
The route was getting a little too roundabout for me.对我来说,路有些太绕弯了.
Abundance doesn mean redundance. hound found a profound book on the roundabout.充裕其实不料味骈枝. 猎犬在扭转木顿时找到一本深奥的书.
We heard the news in a roundabout way.我们是间接听到这个消息的.
The light and heat energy from coal also comes from the sun in a roundabout way.煤所产生的光能和热能也间接地来自太阳.
History moves in zigzags and by roundabout ways.历史的发展是曲折的,迂回的.
The hound found a profound book on the roundabout.猎犬在旋转木马上找到一本深奥的书.
They took a roundabout route to avoid the flood.他们为避开洪水绕道而行.
And the planar roundabout in urban road is much, restricting viatic traffic capacity badly.且城市道路中的平面交叉路口多, 严重制约着道路的通行能力.
Words in a sentence again roundabout ear.一句一句的话语在耳畔再次回旋.
You will come to a roundabout just after a petrol station – continue straight on.驶经一个汽油站后您会经过一个回旋处——继续沿直道行驶.
Turn left at the next roundabout.在下一个环形交叉路口向左转.
As usual, he reached her house in a roundabout way.一如往常, 他绕道来到她的家.
We drove home by a roundabout route.我们开车绕道回的家.
Last night I got lost, and took a very roundabout way.昨天夜里走错了路, 绕了一个大圈子.
We took a roundabout way from Chicago to San Francisco by driving through Texas.我们从芝加哥驱车绕道得克萨斯到达旧金山.
The car has to come a roundabout way.车子只得绕道而行.
He didn agree to your opinions, but said so in a roundabout way.虽然他不同意你的观点, 但他表达的很宛转.
Cars driving on the roundabout have the right of way.沿着环形交叉处行驶的车辆有优先通行权.
We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
At the roundabout, take the second exit.到环岛后,走第二个出口。