adj.绕道的；迂回的

n.

紧身短上衣

roundabout双解释义

roundabout

n.(名词)

[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)

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

Noun

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;

"the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement

Adjective

marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;

"the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"
"a roundabout paragraph"
"hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend"

deviating from a straight course;

"a scenic but devious route"
"a long and circuitous journey by train and boat"
"a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic"

roundabout例句

用作形容词(adj.)

We drove home by a roundabout route.
我们绕远道驾车回家。

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。

She suggested it in a very roundabout way.
她很婉转地提出了这个建议。

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.)

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。

roundabout近义词

circuitous winding meandering indirect turning zigzag circumlocutory periphrastic circular helical wandering crooked deviating rambling serpentine anfractuous twisting ambagious labyrinthine straying tortuous evasive long digressive carousel merry-go-round oblique ride traffic island junction intersection around near here nearby about round whirligig devious traffic circle rotary circle carrousel

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