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单词 round about
释义 round about
I. adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from round (III) + about
1. : around in a circle or circular course : on all sides or in all directions : in the vicinity : nearby
 < rows of orange trees … contrast pleasantly with the white walls round about — Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington >
2. : in an opposite direction
 < turned round about and stalked off >
3. : in an indirect way
 < came round about and slowly to these conclusions >
II. preposition
1. : in an encircling course about : so as to move around
 < danced lightly round about the maypole >
2. : in a circle about : so as to surround : here and there around : in the vicinity of
 < took up positions in the desert round about a walled city >
3. : at approximately a specified time
 < round about the turn of the century another science was lying in wait for the artist — Herbert Read >
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