基本释义
- n.
- 交通环岛; 旋转木马; 旋转圆台
- adj.
- 迂回的
词性变化
- 复数:roundabouts;
实用例句
At the roundabout, take the second exit.
到环岛后，走第二个出口。
牛津词典
It was a difficult and roundabout trip.
这是一次艰难而曲折的旅行。
牛津词典
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。
牛津词典
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 ?
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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.
辞典例句
What a roundabout way of doing things!
这是个多么绕圈子做事的方法!
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The route was getting a little too roundabout for me.
对我来说,路有些太绕弯了.
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Abundance doesn't 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.
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We heard the news in a roundabout way.
我们是间接听到这个消息的.
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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.
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History moves in zigzags and by roundabout ways.
历史的发展是曲折的,迂回的.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
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.
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They took a roundabout route to avoid the flood.
他们为避开洪水绕道而行.
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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.
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Words in a sentence again roundabout ear.
一句一句的话语在耳畔再次回旋.
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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.
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Turn left at the next roundabout.
在下一个环形交叉路口向左转.
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As usual, he reached her house in a roundabout way.
一如往常, 他绕道来到她的家.
辞典例句
We drove home by a roundabout route.
我们开车绕道回的家.
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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.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
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.
《简明英汉词典》
The car has to come a roundabout way.
车子只得绕道而行.
期刊摘选
He didn't 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.
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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.
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We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.
我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
辞典例句
At the roundabout, take the second exit.
到环岛后，走第二个出口。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
真题例句
Maxime's early entry into the adult world with its responsibilities gave her the determination to ensure that her kids would not end up in Waterhouse's roundabout of poverty.
2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文Scott ellis directs, for roundabout theatre company.
2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 阅读A 原文It is painful to read these roundabout accounts today.
出自-2010年考研翻译原文英英释义
1. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;
"the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
2. large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;
"the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"
"a roundabout paragraph"
"hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
2. deviating from a straight course;
"a scenic but devious route"
"a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"
"a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"