to go around (to sb's)拜访(訪)(某人的家) (bàifǎng (mǒurén de jiā))
(= suffice) 够(夠)每人一份 (gòu měi rén yī fèn)
(as a habit) 习(習)惯(慣)于(於) (xíguàn yú)
he goes around in an orange baseball cap他总(總)是戴着(著)一顶(頂)橘黄(黃)色的棒球帽 (tā zǒngshì dàizhe yī dǐng júhuángsè de bàngqiúmào)
See go
Nearby words of
go around
go ahead!
go along
go along with
go around
go away
go back
go back on
go around
regional note: in BRIT, also use go round
1. phrasal verb
If you go aroundto someone's house, you go to visit them at their house.
I asked them to go around to the house to see if they were there. [VERBPARTICLE + to]
Mike went round to see them. [VERBPARTICLE to-infinitive]
2. phrasal verb
If you go around in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life.
I had got in the habit of going around with bare feet. [VERBPARTICLE preposition]
If they went around complaining publicly, they might not find it so easy to get anotherjob. [VERBPARTICLE verb-ing]
[Also VP adj]
3. phrasal verb
If a piece of news or a joke is going around, it is being told by many people in the same period of time.
There's a nasty sort of rumour going around about it. [VERBPARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If there is enough of something togo around, there is enough of it to be shared among a group of people, or to do all the things for which it is needed.
Eventually we will not have enough water to go around. [VERBPARTICLE]
See full dictionary entry for go
go around in British English
or go round
verb(intransitive)
1. (adverb)
to move about
2. (adverb; foll bywith)
to frequent the society (of a person or group of people)
she went around with a bad crowd
3. (adverb)
to be sufficient
are there enough sweets to go round?
4.
to circulate (in)
measles is going round the school
5. (preposition)
to be actively and constantly engaged in (doing something)
she went around caring for sick people
6.
to be long enough to encircle
will that belt go round you?
go around in American English
1.
to enclose; surround
2. US
to be enough to provide a share for each
3.
to move from place to place; circulate
See full dictionary entry for go
go-around in American English
(ˈgoʊəˌraʊnd)
noun
go-round
Examples of 'go around' in a sentence
go around
But there was a hell of a lot of mental grit going around.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But is there enough to go around?
The Sun (2016)
Prelim's in five months-the PD's scared, so he's taking his time this go-around.
Gregg Hurwitz THE KILL CLAUSE (2003)
All related terms of 'go around'
to go around (to sb's)
拜访(訪)(某人的家) bàifǎng (mǒurén de jiā)
go without
( food, treats ) 没(沒)有 méiyǒu ...
go with
( combine well with : colours, clothes, foods ) 与(與) ... 协(協)调(調) yǔ ... xiétiáo
( person ) 离(離)开(開) líkāi ( to party, club ) 出去消遣 chūqù xiāoqiǎn ▶ to go out of 离(離)开(開) líkāi ▶ are you going out tonight? 你今晚出去吗(嗎)？ nǐ jīnwǎn chūqù ma?
go on at
( nag ) 向 ... 唠(嘮)唠(嘮)叨叨 xiàng ... láolao-dāodao
go on about
对(對) ... 唠(嘮)唠(嘮)叨叨 duì ... láolao-dāodao
go on
( continue ) 继(繼)续(續) jìxù
go off with
( run away with : lover ) 同 ... 私奔 tóng ... sībēn
go off
( esp Brit : begin to dislike : person, place, idea etc ) 不再喜欢(歡) bù zài xǐhuan
go into
( enter : building, room ) 进(進)入 jìnrù
go in for
( competition ) 参(參)加 cānjiā
go in
( enter ) 进(進)去 jìnqù
go for
( fetch ) 去取 qù qǔ
go down
( fall : price, level, amount ) 下降 xiàjiàng
go by
( vehicle, years, time ) 过(過)去 guòqù
go back to
( activity, work, school ) 回到 huídào
go back on
( promise, agreement ) 背弃(棄) bèiqì
go back
( return ) 返回 fǎnhuí
go away
( leave ) 离(離)开(開) líkāi
go along with
( agree with : plan, idea, decision ) 赞(贊)同 zàntóng