| 单词 | roundabout |
| 释义 | roundabout I. 1. a. archaic b. archaic c. chiefly dialect 2. a. < the painting had reached the United States in the typical roundabout of forgotten masterpieces, after a journey that began in 1909 — Time > b. 3. Britain < it looks like some new and terrifying roundabout at a fairground — Ivor Jones > < what the public lose materially on the swings as consumers they will more than gain on the roundabouts as producers — Economist > 4. archaic 5. also roundabout jacket 6. Britain 7. a. b. II. 1. a. < the train has to come a roundabout way — Cortland Fitzsimmons > b. < write roundabout paragraphs — C.E.Kellogg > < his approach to her was roundabout — Jean Stafford > 2. < a little roundabout woman with rosy cheeks — Elizabeth Goudge > • round·about·ness |
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