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[N-COUNT 可数名词](交通)环岛;环形交叉路口 A
roundabout 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.
in AM, use 美国英语用 traffic circle
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]旋转木马 A
roundabout 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.
in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round, carousel
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[N-COUNT 可数名词](儿童坐的)旋转圆台 A
roundabout 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.
in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](路线)迂回的,绕弯的,绕远的 If you go somewhere by a
roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
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。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](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 a
roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
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
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round about→see: round
; swings and roundabouts
→see: swing
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