roundabout

['raundəbaut]

adj.绕道的, 迂回的
n.环形交叉路口
n.(英)旋转木马
n.紧身短上衣

a.

1. 绕道的; (说话, 做事等)绕圈子的, 不直截了当的

As usual, he reached her house in a roundabout way.

一如往常, 他绕道来到她的家。

She suggested it in a very roundabout way.

她很婉转地提出了这个建议。

2. 圆滚滚的; 胖嘟嘟的

3. (外衣)下摆圆的

n.

1. 【英】绕道; 绕行路线

2. 绕圈子的话; 迂回说法

3. 【美】(尤指十九世纪男用)紧身短上衣

4. 【英】(游乐场等的)旋转木马

5. 【英】环形交通枢纽, 环形交叉[C]

词形变化

名词复数：roundabouts

词义辨析

同义:

a.迂回的, 间接的, 兜圈子

winding  turning  twisting  crooked  zigzag  helical  labyrinthine  serpentine  tortuous  anfractuous  indirect  ambagious  circular  circumlocutory  periphrastic  wandering  meandering  rambling  circuitous  straying  deviating  long  evasive  obligne  digressive  

英英释义

名词 roundabout:

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

同义词：traffic circle, circle, rotary

large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on

同义词：carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig

形容词 roundabout:

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

同义词：circuitous

deviating from a straight course

同义词：devious, circuitous

补充

roundaboutroundabout英:[ˈraundəbaut] 美:[ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt]n.1.绕行路线, 绕道, 环状交叉路adj.1.绕道的, 不直截了当的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。

例句

1. 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. Turn north at the big roundabout.在大环岛处向北转。 3. 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。 4. 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？ 5. 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。 6. He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan.他今天离开, 绕道去乔丹那儿。 7. Knight had journeyed in a roundabout way to Brussels.奈特绕道去了布鲁塞尔。 8. I suggested it in a very roundabout way.我拐弯抹角地暗示了一下。 9. We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.我们自找麻烦地忙乱了一番。 10. The taxi driver took a very roundabout route.出租车司机走了一条很绕远的路。 11. we need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit.我们必须绕道而行甩掉追踪。 12. in a roundabout way, he was fishing for information.他绕着圈子探听消息。 13. We got lost and came by rather a roundabout route.我们迷了路，绕了远路才到。 14. He took a roundabout route to town.他绕道进城。 15. a roundabout explanation绕圈子的解释 16. "In a roundabout way, he told me that my help was not wanted."他拐弯抹角地对我说，不需要我帮忙。