roundabout
英 ['raʊndəbaʊt]
美 ['raʊndəbaʊt]
- adj. 迂回的，繞道的；圓滾滾的
- n. 迂回路線；環狀交叉路口
英文詞源
- roundabout (adv.)
- "by a circuitous route," mid-14c., from round (adv.) + about. As an adjective from c. 1600. Noun sense of "traffic circle" is attested from 1927.
雙語例句
- 1. The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout.
- 拐彎就在環島前麵約2公裏處。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights.
- 在剛過巴爾比環島的地方，有一個臨時紅綠燈。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. At the roundabout, take the second exit.
- 到環島後，走第二個出口。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. Last night I got lost, and took a very roundabout way.
- 昨天夜裏走錯了路, 繞了一個大圈子.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. What a roundabout way of doing things!
- 這是個多麽繞圈子做事的方法!
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》