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单词 round
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round1/rownd/ adj

having every part of the surface or circumference equidistant from the centre

cylindrical

a round peg

approximately round

a round face

well filled out; plump

round cheeks

moving in or forming a ring or circle

following a roughly circular route

a round tour

complete, full

a round dozen

said of a number: approximately correct, esp exact only to a specific decimal

archaic substantial in amount

a good round sum

said of pace: brisk

direct in expression

a round oath

said of a voice: having full resonance or tone

said of a vowel: pronounced with rounded lips; labialized

presented with lifelike fullness

roundish adj
roundness noun
[Middle English from Old French round-, roont from Latin rotundus, from rotare: see rotate1]

round2adv chiefly Brit

in a circular or curved path

with revolving or rotating motion

The wheels go round

in circumference

a tree five feet round

in, along, or through a circuitous or indirect route

The road goes round by the lake

in an encircling position

a field with a fence all round

in close from all sides so as to surround

The children crowded round

near; about

here and there in various places

in rotation or recurrence

Your birthday will soon be round again

from beginning to end; through

all year round

in or to the other or a specified direction

Turn round

Try to talk her round

back to consciousness or awareness; = to2 (3)

in the specified order or relationship

the right way round

She got the story the wrong way round

about, approximately

round 1900

to a particular person or place

invite somebody round

I invited them round for drinks

round about

approximately; more or less

in a ring round; on all sides of


round3prep chiefly Brit

so as to revolve or progress about (a centre)

so as to encircle or enclose (something)

We were all seated round the table

so as to avoid or get past (something); beyond the obstacle of (something)

We got round his objections

in a position on the other side of

round the corner

She lives just round the corner

near to (something); about (something)

somewhere round here

in all directions outwards from (something or somebody)

She looked round her

here and there in or throughout

I want to travel round Europe

so as to have a centre or basis in

Rotary International is a movement organized round the idea of service


round4noun

something round, e.g. a circle, curve, or ring

a circle of people or things

a rounded or curved part

a circling or circuitous path or course

motion in a circle or a curving path

a route or assigned territory habitually traversed, e.g. by a paper boy or police officer

(usu in pl) a series of visits made by a general practitioner to patients in their homes

(usu in pl) a series of visits made by a hospital doctor to the patients under their care

(usu in pl) a series of customary social calls

one of a recurring sequence of actions or events

a round of talks

a fixed succession of actions, etc that recur over a period of time

any of a series of units of action in a game or sport, e.g. covering a prescribed time or distance, or allowing each player one turn

a division of a tournament in which each contestant plays one other

the action of playing all the holes of a golf course or putting green once

an unaccompanied canon sung in unison or at the octave in which the parts are identical

a set of drinks served at one time to each person in a group

Brit a single slice of bread or toast

a sandwich made with two whole slices of bread

a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg

a single shot from a gun, or from each of a number of guns

a unit of ammunition consisting of the parts necessary to fire one shot

a prolonged burst, e.g. of applause

go/make the round(s)

to be passed from person to person

in the round

said of a sculpture, figure, etc: in full form and not attached to a background

said of a theatre: with a central stage surrounded by an audience


round5verb trans

to go round (a bend or corner)

to encircle or encompass (something)

(often + off/up/down) to express (a figure) as a round number

11.3572 rounded off to three decimal places becomes 11.357

to make or become round or rounded

to make (something) round or rounded

to make (the lips) round and protruded

to produce (a vowel) with rounded lips

(often + off/out) to bring (something) to completion or perfection

verb intrans

to become round, plump, or smooth in outline

(+ off/out) to reach fullness or completion

to follow a winding or circular course

They were rounding into the home stretch

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