detour

• vt. 使…繞道而行
• vi. 繞道；迂回
• n. 繞道；便道
• n. (Detour)人名；(法)德圖爾

de-, 向下，離開。-tour, 轉，詞源同turn, tourism. 即轉開，迂回。

detour (n.)

1738, from French détour, from Old French destor "side road, byway; evasion, excuse," from destorner "turn aside," from des- "aside" + tourner "to turn" (see turn (v.)).

detour (v.)

1836 (intransitive); 1905 (transitive), from detour (n.). Related: Detoured; detouring.

1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.

為了防止有人跟蹤我，我特地繞了彎路。

來自柯林斯例句

2. A radio-link automatically advises it of traffic snarls and plots a detour.

一個無線電接入裝置會自動通知交通擁堵狀況，並給出繞行建議。

來自柯林斯例句

3. They made a 3,000 mile detour simply to prove a point.

他們繞行3,000英裏隻是為了證明自己能夠做到。

來自柯林斯例句

4. We had to make a detour around the flooded fields.

我們隻得繞道避開被洪水淹沒的田野。

來自《權威詞典》

5. We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.

我們繞道走,避開繁忙的交通.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》