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around[ə'raund][around和round作前置词和副词时的意义基本相同,around多用于美国,round多用于英国]prep. 1 在…周围;朝…四周;环绕着:the stands around the racecourse跑道周围的看台The earth moves around the sun.地球绕着太阳转. 2 绕过:steer a ship around reefs驾船绕过暗礁 3 在…各处;在…附近:drive around Ireland驾车在爱尔兰各处观光chairs around the room满屋子的椅子around here在这一带 4 大约:around two o'clock两点钟左右happen around June发生在约6月份 5 以…为中心(或基础):a society organized around kinship ties以亲属关系为基础组织而成的一个社会
adv. 1 在周围;向四周;在附近;在近旁;存在着:The garden is fenced all around.这花园的四周都用篱笆围着.They both looked around.他俩环顾四周.wait around在附近等候It's good to have you around.有你在,很有帮助.You see very little of this wine around these days.这种酒现在已很少看到. 2 各处,到处:travel around on business到处出差The news soon got around.消息很快就传开了. 3 兜着圈子;迂回地;接续地;从头至尾:Another winter comes around.又一个冬季来到了.pass the note around传阅字条the year around一年四季 4 至(特定的)某地:Come around this evening if you have time.今晚有空到我那儿去. 5 <主美>以圆周计算:The track is 400 metres around.跑道一圈为400米.a tree 5 feet around合抱5英尺的一棵树 6 朝着相反方向;向着对立面:Turn around!转过身来.He was finally brought around to our views.他最后被说服,转而接受我们的观点. 7 大约:around five pounds约5磅 |