roundabouts是什么意思？

roundabouts

• n. roundabout的复数，绕行路线，绕道，环状交叉路( roundabout的名词复数 )；

例句

• What one loses on the swings one makes up on the roundaBouts. 在秋千上失去的可在旋转木马上赚回来(此处所失彼处补).
• Higherearnings mean more tax, so it's all swings and roundabouts. 多挣钱就要多交税, 有得有失.
• What you gain on the swings you'll probably lose on the roundabouts. 有所得也可能有所失.

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