| 单词 | around |
| 释义 | around (əraʊnd ) Around is an adverb and a preposition. In British English, the word 'round' is often used instead. Around is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'get around' and 'hand around'. 1. preposition A2 To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point. She looked at the papers around her. Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders. ...a prosperous suburb built around a new mosque. Synonyms: surrounding, about, enclosing, encompassing Around is also an adverb. ...a village with a rocky river, a ruined castle and hills all around. The drive takes you past mighty Bolton Castle, visible for miles around. 2. preposition A2 If you move around a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look around a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side. The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner. I peered around the edge of the shed–there was no sign of anyone else. 3. adverb [ADVERB after verb] A2 If you turn around, you turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction. I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard. He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us. Synonyms: in the opposite direction, the other way 4. preposition A2 If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. If you look around a place, you look at every part of it. I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet. He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people. Synonyms: about, all over, everywhere in Around is also an adverb. He backed away from the edge, looking all around at the flat horizon. 5. preposition A2 If someone moves around a place, they move through various parts of that place without having any particular destination. In between the talks everyone is milling around the room and having coffee. Around is also an adverb. My mornings are spent rushing around after him. ...a scruffy youth wandering around looking lost. 6. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B2 If you go around to someone's house, you visit them. She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls. 7. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1+ You use around in expressions such as sit around and hang around when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and not doing anything very important. I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs. After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs. Around is also a preposition. He used to skip lessons and hang around the harbor with some other boys. 8. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1+ If you move things around, you move them so that they are in different places. She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows. 9. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 If a wheel or object turns around, it turns. The boat started to spin around in the water. 10. preposition A2 You use around to say that something happens in different parts of a place or area. There are actually over 400 brands brewed around the country. Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River. ...pests and diseases around the garden. Around is also an adverb. What do you think you're doing following me around? Giovanni has the best Parma ham for miles around. 11. adverb B2 If someone or something is around, they exist or are present in a place. The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around. Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important. You see very little of this wine around these days. Synonyms: near, close, nearby, handy 12. preposition The people around you are the people who you come into contact with, especially your friends and relatives, and the people you work with. We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us. Those around her would forgive her for weeping. 13. preposition If something such as a film, a discussion, or a plan is based around something, that thing is its main theme. ...the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family. The discussion centered around four subjects. ...a government whose economic policy was built around low interest rates. 14. adverb [noun ADVERB, ADVERB after verb] You use around in expressions such as this time around or to come around when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly. Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around. When July Fourth comes around, the residents of Columbia City throw a noisy party. 15. preposition When you are giving measurements, you can use around to talk about the distance along the edge of something round. She was 40 inches around the hips. 16. adverb A2 Around means approximately. My salary was around £39,000 plus a car and expenses. Each follicle can produce around 20 new hairs in a lifetime. Around is also a preposition. He expects the elections to be held around November. 17. around about phrase Around about means approximately. [spoken] There is a Green Party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote. He's charging you around about a hundred pounds an hour for his services. 18. all around phrase You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group. He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around. 19. has been around/had been around phrase If someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of different people and situations. [informal] He knows what to do. He's been around. He's been around a long time and has acquired a number of skills. 20. the other way around phrase B2 You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said. You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around. 21. to get your tongue around something phrase [VERB inflects, PHRASE noun, usually with brd-neg] If you say that you can not get your tongue round or around a particular word or phrase, you mean that you find it very difficult to pronounce. Idioms: get your head around something to succeed in understanding or accepting something such as a new idea We began to get our heads around what we were facing and how we would fight it. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers what goes around comes around said to mean that people's actions will eventually have consequences which they will have to deal with, even though this may not happen for a long time What goes around comes around. If you ignore the other guy when he asks for help, you might just be setting yourself up for a little of the same later on. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers green around the gills looking as if you are going to be sick Kenny stumbled out from the washroom. `I'm all right now.' He still looked quite green around the gills. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers twist someone around your little finger or wrap someone around your little finger to make someone do anything you want them to A child who is spoilt is able to wrap her parents around her little finger. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers just around the corner about to happen With summer just around the corner, there couldn't be a better time to treat your home to a bright new look. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a millstone around your neck a very unpleasant problem or responsibility that you cannot escape from Long-term illness can make you feel like a millstone around your family's necks. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Translations: Chinese: 周围, 四处, 四处, 大约 Japanese: 周りに, あちこち, ･･･じゅうに, ･･･ごろに |
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