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detour n.绕路；便道v.绕路而行 (1) 施工期间，我们不得不绕路而行。(2) 走这条便道反而省时间。(3) 施工期间，我们不得不绕路而行。 When signs direct drivers to take a detour, it's usually because of road work or an emergency that's blocking traffic. You can also detour, or take an unexpected route, while you're running errands, stopping at your favorite bakery for a cookie before you continue on. The French détour comes from the verb destorner, "turn aside."

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英 ['diːtʊə(r)] 美 ['diːtʊr] (1) During the construction we had to take a detour.(2) It actually saves time to take this detour.(3) During the construction we had to take a detour. A detour is a longer, less direct way to get where you're going. A traffic accident sometimes means you have to take a detour to get home. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]绕道；绕路；迂回 If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way. He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家，而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]绕行路线；迂回路线 A detour is a special route for traffic to follow when the normal route is blocked, for example because it is being repaired.   [AM 美]in BRIT, use 英国英语用 diversion3[VERB 动词]绕道；绕路；绕行 If you detour, you make a detour.   [V]  [Also V prep]On the way back, Jarvis detoured to check the time of services at the church.回去的路上，贾维斯绕道去核实了一下教堂礼拜仪式的时间。

英语单词	detour
英美音标	英 ['diːtʊə(r)] 美 ['diːtʊr]
中文释义	n.绕路；便道 v.绕路而行
英语例句	(1) During the construction we had to take a detour. (2) It actually saves time to take this detour. (3) During the construction we had to take a detour.
中文例句	(1) 施工期间，我们不得不绕路而行。 (2) 走这条便道反而省时间。 (3) 施工期间，我们不得不绕路而行。
vocabulary简明	A detour is a longer, less direct way to get where you're going. A traffic accident sometimes means you have to take a detour to get home.
vocabulary扩展	When signs direct drivers to take a detour, it's usually because of road work or an emergency that's blocking traffic. You can also detour, or take an unexpected route, while you're running errands, stopping at your favorite bakery for a cookie before you continue on. The French détour comes from the verb destorner, "turn aside."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]绕道；绕路；迂回 If you make a detour on a journey, you go by a route which is not the shortest way, because you want to avoid something such as a traffic jam, or because there is something you want to do on the way. He did not take the direct route to his home, but made a detour around the outskirts of the city. 他没有直接回家，而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]绕行路线；迂回路线 A detour is a special route for traffic to follow when the normal route is blocked, for example because it is being repaired. [AM 美] in BRIT, use 英国英语用 diversion 3 [VERB 动词]绕道；绕路；绕行 If you detour, you make a detour. [V] [Also V prep] On the way back, Jarvis detoured to check the time of services at the church. 回去的路上，贾维斯绕道去核实了一下教堂礼拜仪式的时间。

Detour Route Direct Traffic Construction Time 施工期间，我们不得不绕路而行 N Count