roundabout是什么意思？

roundabout

英[ˈraʊndəbaʊt] 美[ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt]

• n. 绕道，环形交通枢纽，旋转木马；
• adj. 绕圈子的，不直截了当的，间接的，迂回的；

复数：roundabouts;

例句

• 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。
• In roundabout conversations, full of traps and detours, one man would probe another's views. 在拐弯抹角的交谈中, 互相套对方的想法,又给自己留后路,以防万一.
• History moves in zigzags and by roundabout ways. 历史的发展是曲折的,迂回的.
• What a roundabout way of doing things! 这是个多么绕圈子做事的方法!
• ...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
• We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way. 我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
• 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。
• Just past the Barlby roundabout there's temporary traffic lights. 在刚过巴尔比环岛的地方，有一个临时红绿灯。
• The turn is about two kilometres before the roundabout. 拐弯就在环岛前面约2公里处。

同义词

• adj.
  roundabout的同义词之：迂回的,间接的,兜圈子
  circumlocutory, deviating, turning, periphrastic, wandering, circular, rambling, winding, straying, zigzag, meandering, evasive, digressive, long, helical, ambagious, obligne, anfractuous, crooked, serpentine, circuitous, indirect, labyrinthine, tortuous, twisting,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  （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.
• N-COUNT
  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.
• N-COUNT
  （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.
• ADJ-GRADED
  (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.
  例句
  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。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (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.
  例句
  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

英汉词典释义

• adj.
  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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;
  "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"
  2. large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
• Adjective
  1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;
  "the explanation was circuitous and puzzling""a roundabout paragraph""hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"
  2. deviating from a straight course;
  "a scenic but devious route""a long and circuitous journey by train and boat""a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

行业词典

• 公路科技： 环形交叉；又称 :环形交叉(rotary intersection )；
  建筑： 环行交叉；
  航海科技： 环行道；