英语释义

1. circuitous, indirect
had to take a roundabout route

2. a circuitous route detour

3. merry-go-round

4. a short close-fitting jacket worn by men and boys especially in the 19th century

5. rotary sense 2

6. not direct

7. not simple, clear, or plain long and confusing

8. not direct
I took a roundabout route to get here.

片语

in a roundabout way以一种转弯抹角的方式

round-about chair[家具]

move round or about光

round-about development迂回发展

the round-about method迂回生产方式

round-about channel回绕水路

round d about迂回地

round-about trade间接贸易

round-about way拐弯抹角的方式

英汉例句

• and the sons of the singers gathered themselves together, both out of the plain country round about jerusalem, and from the villages of netophathi;

  歌唱的人从耶路撒冷的周围，和尼陀法的村庄与伯吉甲

• clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

  密云和幽暗，在他的四围。公义和公平，是他宝座的根基。

• the wolf is dead!" and danced for joy round about the well with their mother.

  狼死了！”它们高兴地和妈妈一起围着水井跳起舞来。

• anyhow, when my father came, we would be content with wandering round about his entourage and in the company of his servants.

  不管怎样，父亲回到家，我们能在他周围走来走去，能和他的仆人在一起，我们就心满意足了。

• and he shall lay his hand upon the head of his offering， and kill it before the tabernacle of the congregation： and aaron's sons shall sprinkle the blood thereof round about upon the altar.

  3：8并要按手在供物的头上，宰于会幕前。亚伦的子孙要把血洒在坛的周围。

• and i beheld, and i heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

  我又看见，且听见，宝座与活物并长老的周围，有许多天使的声音。他们的数目有千千万万。

• art thou like the black man that haunts the forest round about us?

  你打算象那个在森林里作祟的黑男人一样纠缠着我们吗？

• and he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.

  他以黑暗和聚集的水，天空的厚云为他四围的行宫。

• and all israel that were round about them fled at the cry of them: for they said, lest the earth swallow us up also.

  在他们四围的以色列众人听他们呼号，就都逃跑，说，恐怕地也把我们吞下去。

• and looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, stretch forth thy hand.

  他就周围看着他们众人，对那人说，伸出手来。

• and david built round about from millo and inward.

  大卫又从米罗以里，周围筑墻。

相似词

circuitous迂曲的；绕行的；迂回线路的

circular通知，传单

indirect间接的；迂回的；非直截了当的

相反词

direct指导；指挥

straight直的；连续的；笔直的；正直的；整齐的；异性恋的

straightforwardad 直截了当地；坦率地