roundabout
英 [ˈraʊndəbaʊt] 美 [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt]

n.

绕道；环形交通枢纽；旋转木马；

adj.

绕圈子的；不直截了当的；间接的，迂回的；

变形

复数：roundabouts

双语释义

n.(名词)

1. [C]绕行路线，绕道，环状交叉路 a place where three or more roads meet,which has a usually circular area in the middle round which the traffic must go,rather than straight across

adj.(形容词)

1. 绕道的，不直截了当的 indirect,taking a long time to say sth or way to go somewhere

英英释义

roundabout[ 'raundə,baut ]

• n.
  • a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

    同义词：traffic circlecirclerotary

  • large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on

    同义词：carouselcarrouselmerry-go-roundwhirligig

• adj.
  • marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct

    "a roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

    同义词：circuitous

  • deviating from a straight course

    "a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

    同义词：deviouscircuitous

词组短语

in a roundabout way以一种转弯抹角的方式

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. We drove home by a roundabout route.
   我们绕远道驾车回家。
2. The taxi didn't go by the direct route, but in a roundabout way.
   出租车没有走直路，而是绕道行驶。
3. She suggested it in a very roundabout way.
   她很婉转地提出了这个建议。
4. I entered the village by the little roundabout lane.
   我由一条迂回曲折的小径进了村。

用作名词(n.)

1. Turn left at the next roundabout.
   在下一个环形交叉路口向左转。
2. The car stalled at the roundabout.
   那辆汽车在环形交叉处抛锚了。

用作名词(n.)

1. The kids were pushing the roundabout at a giddy speed.
   孩子们推动着旋转平台快得令人眩晕。

用作名词(n.)

1. There was a slight noise behind her and she turned just in time to seize a small boy by the slack of his roundabout and arrest his flight.
   这时在她身后传来一声轻微的响声，她转身一把抓住了一个小男孩的短外套的衣角，他想跑都跑不掉了。

权威例句

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astray, a Zebrafish roundabout Homolog Required for Retinal Axon Guidance
Activation of the repulsive receptor Roundabout inhibits N-cadherin-mediated cell adhesion.
Roundabout Controls Axon Crossing of the CNS Midline and Defines a Novel Subfamily of Evolutionarily Conserved Guidance Receptors
Magic Roundabout Is a New Member of the Roundabout Receptor Family That Is Endothelial Specific and Expressed at Sites of Active Ang...
Repulsion by Slit and Roundabout prevents Shotgun/E-cadherin–mediated cell adhesion during Drosophila heart tube lumen formation
Dosage-Sensitive and Complementary Functions of Roundabout and Commissureless Control Axon Crossing of the CNS Midline
Vertebrate Slit, a Secreted Ligand for the Transmembrane Protein Roundabout, Is a Repellent for Olfactory Bulb Axons
Slit Stimulation Recruits Dock and Pak to the Roundabout Receptor and Increases Rac Activity to Regulate Axon Repulsion at the CNS M...
Repulsive axon guidance: Abelson and Enabled play opposing roles downstream of the roundabout receptor.
Drosophila Nedd4, a Ubiquitin Ligase, Is Recruited by Commissureless to Control Cell Surface Levels of the Roundabout Receptor