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round 1 R0320700 (round)adj. round·er, round·est 1. a. Being such that every part of the surface or the circumference is equidistant from the center: a round ball.b. Moving in or forming a circle.c. Shaped like a cylinder; cylindrical.d. Rather rounded in shape: the child's round face.e. Full in physique; plump: a round figure.2. a. Linguistics Formed or articulated with the lips in a rounded shape: a round vowel.b. Full in tone; sonorous.3. Whole or complete; full: a round dozen.4. a. Mathematics Having been rounded.b. Not exact, especially when expressed as a multiple of 10; approximate: a round estimate.5. Large; considerable: a round sum of money.6. Brought to satisfactory conclusion or completion; finished.7. a. Outspoken; blunt: a round scolding.b. Done with full force; unrestrained: gave me a round thrashing.n.1. a. Something, such as a circle, disk, globe, or ring, that is round.b. A circle formed of various things.c. Movement around a circle or about an axis.2. A rung or crossbar, as one on a ladder or chair.3. A cut of beef from the part of the thigh between the rump and the shank.4. An assembly of people; a group.5. A round dance.6. a. A complete course, succession, or series: a round of parties; a round of negotiations.b. often rounds A course of customary or prescribed actions, duties, or places: physicians' rounds.7. A complete range or extent.8. One drink for each person in a gathering or group: Let me buy the next round.9. A single outburst, as of applause or cheering.10. a. A single shot or volley.b. Ammunition for a single shot or volley.11. A specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance to a target in archery.12. Sports & Games A unit of play that occupies a specified time, constitutes a certain number of plays, or allows each player a turn, especially the 18-hole sequence played in golf or one of the periods in a boxing match.13. Music A composition for two or more voices in which each voice enters at a different time with the same melody.v. round·ed, round·ing, rounds v.tr.1. To make round or curved: rounded his lips in surprise; rounded off the end of the board.2. Linguistics To pronounce with rounded lips; labialize.3. To fill out; make plump.4. To bring to completion or perfection; finish. Often used with out or off: The new dog rounded out our household. The speaker rounded off his lecture with a joke.5. Mathematics To approximate (a real number) by a nearby rational number with a specified level of precision. When rounded to the nearest hundred, 286 becomes 300. When rounded to the nearest tenth, 1.63 becomes 1.6.6. a. To make a turn about or to the other side of: rounded a bend in the road.b. To make a complete circuit of; go or pass around: rounded the entire peninsula.7. Archaic To encompass; surround:v.intr.1. To become round or curved.2. To take a circular course; complete or partially complete a circuit: racecars rounding into the final lap.3. To turn about, as on an axis: rounded and came back across the field.4. To become filled out or plump.5. To develop into satisfactory completion or perfection: is rounding into a fine quarterback.adv.1. In a circular progression or movement; around.2. With revolutions: wheels moving round.3. To a specific place or person: called round for the pastor; sent round for the veterinarian.prep.1. Around.2. From the beginning to the end of; throughout: a plant that grows round the year.Phrasal Verbs: round on To turn on and assail. round up1. To seek out and bring together; gather.2. To herd (cattle) together from various places.Idioms: in the round1. With the stage in the center of the audience.2. Fully shaped so as to stand free of a background: a sculpture in the round. make/go the rounds1. To go from place to place, as on business or for entertainment: a delivery truck making the rounds; students going the rounds in the entertainment district.2. To be communicated or passed from person to person: The news quickly made the rounds. A piece of juicy gossip is going the rounds.
[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman rounde, variant of Old French rond, ultimately from Vulgar Latin *retundus, from Latin rotundus; see ret- in Indo-European roots.]
round′ness n.
round 2 R0320700 (round)tr.v. round·ed, round·ing, rounds Archaic To whisper.
[Middle English rounden, from Old English rūnian, from rūn, a secret.]round up vb (tr, adverb) 1. to gather (animals, suspects, etc) together: to round ponies up. 2. to raise (a number) to the nearest whole number or ten, hundred, or thousand above it. Compare round down n 3. (Agriculture) the act of gathering together livestock, esp cattle, so that they may be branded, counted, or sold 4. any similar act of collecting or bringing together: a roundup of today's news. 5. a collection of suspects or criminals by the police, esp in a raid Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | round up - seek out and bring together; "round up some loyal followers"gather, pull together, collect, garner - assemble or get together; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together" |
roundadjective1. Having the shape of a curve everywhere equidistant from a fixed point:annular, circular, globoid, globular, spheric, spherical.2. Well-rounded and full in form:chubby, plump, plumpish, pudgy, roly-poly, rotund, tubby, zaftig.3. Having or producing a full, deep, or rich sound:mellow, orotund, plangent, resonant, resounding, ringing, rotund, sonorous, vibrant.4. Not more or less:complete, entire, full, good, perfect, whole.noun1. Something bent:bend, bow, crook, curvature, curve, turn.2. A course, process, or journey that ends where it began or repeats itself:circle, circuit, cycle, orbit, tour, turn.3. A number of things placed or occurring one after the other:chain, consecution, course, order, procession, progression, run, sequence, series, string, succession, suite, train.Informal: streak.4. A course of action to be followed regularly.Often used in plural:routine, track.5. An area regularly covered, as by a policeman or reporter:beat, circuit, route.verb1. To swerve from a straight line:angle, arc, arch, bend, bow, crook, curve, turn.2. To supply what is lacking.Off or out:complement, complete, fill in (or out), supplement.phrasal verb
round upTo bring together:assemble, call, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, get together, group, muster, summon.adverb1. In or toward a former location or condition:about, around, back, backward, backwards, rearward.2. From one end to the other:around, over, through, throughout.Translationsround (raund) adjective1. shaped like a circle or globe. a round hole; a round stone; This plate isn't quite round. 圓形的，球形的 圆形的2. rather fat; plump. a round face. 圓滾滾的 滚圆的 adverb1. in the opposite direction. He turned round. 反向 转过来2. in a circle. They all stood round and listened; A wheel goes round; All (the) year round. 圍繞著，繞圈子 围绕地3. from one person to another. They passed the letter round; The news went round. 逐一地(傳遞) 逐一，传遍 4. from place to place. We drove round for a while. 到處 在各处5. in circumference. The tree measured two metres round. 周長 圆周6. to a particular place, usually a person's home. Are you coming round (to our house) tonight? 到特定地點(常指某人家裡) 到某（指定）地点 preposition1. on all sides of. There was a wall round the garden; He looked round the room. 在...四周 在...四周2. passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place). They ran round the tree. 繞著... 环绕...3. changing direction at. He came round the corner. 轉彎 拐弯（处） 4. in or to all parts of. The news spread all round the town. 四處 到各处传遍 noun1. a complete circuit. a round of drinks (= one for everyone present); a round of golf. 一巡 一巡2. a regular journey one takes to do one's work. a postman's round. 巡邏 巡视（路线）一趟值勤 3. a burst of cheering, shooting etc. They gave him a round of applause; The soldier fired several rounds. 一陣(歡呼) 一阵（欢呼） 4. a single bullet, shell etc. five hundred rounds of ammunition. (彈藥的)一發 （弹药的）一发 5. a stage in a competition etc. The winners of the first round will go through to the next. 一輪(局，回合) 一轮（局，回合） 6. a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession. 輪唱 轮唱 verb to go round. The car rounded the corner. 轉彎 迂回ˈrounded adjective curved; like part of the line forming a circle. a rounded arch. 圓弧形的 成圆形的弯曲的 ˈroundly adverb plainly; rudely. He rebuked her roundly. 直接地 严厉地，直率地 ˈroundness noun 圓，真圓度 圆，（球）度，园满 rounds noun plural a doctor's visits to his patients. The doctor is (out) on his rounds. 醫師出診 巡回探视出诊ˈall-round adjective complete. It was an all-round success. 全面的 全面的ˌall-ˈrounder noun a person who has a talent for several different kinds of work, sport etc, or who can play in any position in a game. 全能的人 多面手ˈroundabout noun1. a revolving machine on which one can ride for pleasure; a merry-go-round. 旋轉木馬 旋转木马2. a circular piece of ground where several roads meet, and round which traffic must travel. 道路圓環 环形路 adjective not direct. a roundabout route. 迂回的 迂回的round figures/numbers the nearest convenient or easily remembered numbers. Tell me the cost in round figures (ie $20 rather than $19.87). 整數 整数ˌround-ˈshouldered adjective with stooping shoulders. 垂肩的 曲肩，圆背的 round trip1. (American) a journey to a place and back again (round-trip ticket a ticket for such a journey). (美國)往返 往返旅程2. a trip to several places and back, taking a circular route. 環遊 环游all round surrounding. There were people all round him. 四周 四周围round about1. surrounding. She sat with her children round about her. 在...周圍 在...周围2. near. There are not many houses round about. 在...附近 在...附近3. approximately. There must have been round about a thousand people there. 大約 大约round off1. to make something smooth etc. He rounded off the sharp corners with a file. 弄平 弄圆2. to complete successfully. He rounded off his career by becoming president. 圓滿結束 圆满结束round on to turn to face (a person) suddenly, especially angrily. (尤指生氣地)突然轉身面對 突然攻击，责骂反驳 round up to collect together: The farmer rounded up the sheep ( ˈround-up) noun 聚攏 赶拢
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round (someone or something) upTo gather or organize a group of people or things together. Would you mind rounding up the students so we can start the recital? We've rounded every product up that contains the toxic ingredient.See also: round, upround upTo use a higher or the next-highest number, especially so as to eliminate decimal places. (Usually done when the non-whole number is .5 or greater; lower than that, and the number would typically be rounded down.) A noun or pronoun can be used between "round" and "up." Most stores mark their prices at .99 instead of rounding them up to whole numbers. The accountant had been using the exact numbers from the sales data, while I had been rounding them up when doing my own calculations.See also: round, upround someone or something upto locate and gather someone or something. Please round the suspects up for questioning. The police rounded up the two possible suspects.See also: round, upround something up 1. to collect a group of people or things; to organize people or things into a group. The cowboys rounded up the cattle for market. See if you can round some helpers up. 2. to change a number to the next higher whole number. (See also something">round off to something.) I rounded up 8.789 to 9. You should round $65.99 up to $66.See also: round, upround upCollect or gather in a body, as in We'll have to round up some more volunteers for the food drive, or The police rounded up all the suspects. This term comes from the West, where since the mid-1800s it has been used for collecting livestock by riding around the herd and driving the animals together. By about 1875 it was extended to other kinds of gathering together. See also: round, upround upv.1. To herd some cattle together from various places: In the evening it's time to round up the herd. The ranchers rounded the younger cattle up to brand them.2. To seek out and bring some people or things together; gather some people or things: We rounded up all of our neighbors to help clean the park. Go out and round the kids up for dinner.3. To change some exact number to the nearest whole number above it: The statistician rounded 4.612 up to 5. When you take the test, round up your answers.See also: round, upEncyclopediaSeeroundround up
Words related to round upverb seek out and bring togetherRelated Words- gather
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