| 单词 | round |
| 释义 | 1. preposition and adverb uses2. noun uses3. adjective uses4. verb uses round (raʊnd ) preposition and adverb uses Round is an adverb and preposition that has the same meanings as 'around'. Round is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'get round' and 'hand round'. Round is commoner in British English than American English, and it is slightly more informal.1. preposition A2 To be positioned round a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move round a place means to go along its edge, back to the point where you started. They were sitting round the kitchen table. The nightdress has handmade lace round the armholes and neckline. All round us was desert. I shivered and pulled my scarf more tightly round my neck. He tramped hurriedly round the lake towards the garden. ...cycling round and round the park. Synonyms: around, about, encircling, near Round is also an adverb. Visibility was good all round. The goldfish swam round and round in their tiny bowls. 2. preposition A2 If you move round a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look round a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side. Suddenly a car came round a corner on the opposite side. Stay on the left-hand pavement to follow a road downhill round a curve. One of his men tapped and looked round the door. 3. preposition B1 You use round to say that something happens in or relates to different parts of a place, or is near a place. He happens to own half the land round here. I think he has earned the respect of leaders all round the world. She's been on at me for weeks to show her round the stables. They need some way of getting round the country. Synonyms: throughout, all over, everywhere in, here and there in Round is also an adverb. Shirley found someone to show them round. So you're going to have a look round? 4. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 If a wheel or object spins round, it turns on its axis. Holes can be worn remarkably quickly by a wheel going round at 60mph. Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster. 5. adverb [ADVERB after verb] A2 If you turn round, you turn so that you are facing or going in the opposite direction. She paused, but did not turn round. The end result was that the ship had to turn round, and go back home. The wind veered round to the east. Tricia looked round in surprise. 6. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 If you move things round, you move them so they are in different places. He will be glad to refurnish where possible, change things round and redecorate. I've already moved things round a bit to make it easier for him. 7. adverb [ADVERB after verb] B1 If you hand or pass something round, it is passed from person to person in a group. John handed round the plate of sandwiches. Coffee was being passed round. Round is also a preposition. They started handing the microphone out round the girls at the front. The word is passed round the industry if you think there's a troublesome driver. 8. adverb [ADVERB after verb] A2 If you go round to someone's house, you visit them. I think we should go round and tell Kevin to turn his music down. He came round with a bottle of champagne. Round is also a preposition in non-standard English. I went round my friend's house. 9. adverb [ADVERB after verb] You use round in informal expressions such as sit round or hang round when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and is not doing anything very important. [British] As we sat round chatting, I began to think I'd made a mistake. I was running round all hyped up. Round is also a preposition. She would spend the day hanging round street corners. Leonard pottered round the greenhouse, tying up canes for the tomatoes. 10. preposition If something is built or based round a particular idea, that idea is the basis for it. That was for a design built round an existing American engine. The core of the festival's programme centres round performances of new and 20th century work. 11. preposition If you get round a problem or difficulty, you find a way of dealing with it. Don't just immediately give up but think about ways round a problem. There are ways of getting round most things! 12. adverb [ADVERB after verb] If you win someone round, or if they come round, they change their mind about something and start agreeing with you. He did his best to talk me round, but I wouldn't speak to him. The Chandler twins were coming round to the same opinion. 13. adverb [noun ADVERB, ADVERB after verb] You use round in expressions such as this time round or to come round when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly. At least two directors were expected to vote to increase rates this time round. Of course, it isn't the same first time round. We were very keen when the 1954 Rally came round. 14. preposition B2 You can use round to give the measurement of the outside of something that is shaped like a circle or a cylinder. I'm about two inches larger round the waist. ...forty-eight inches round the hips. Round is also an adverb. It's six feet high and five feet round. 15. adverb You use round in front of times or amounts to indicate that they are approximate. [vagueness] I go to bed round 11:00 at night. 16. round about phrase In spoken English, round about means approximately. [mainly British, vagueness] Round about one and a half million people died. ...a system that was abolished round about 1902. Synonyms: approximately, about, around, generally 17. all round adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] An all-round person is good at a lot of different skills, academic subjects, or sports. He is a great all-round player. 18. go round and round phrase If you say that something is going round and round in your head, you mean that you can't stop thinking about it. It all keeps going round and round in my head till I don't know where I am. 19. all year round phrase If something happens all year round, it happens throughout the year. Many of these plants are evergreen, so you can enjoy them all year round. It's a treat to be enjoyed all the year round. 20. round the corner phrase If you say that something is around the corner, you mean that it will happen very soon. In British English, you can also say that something is round the corner. The Chancellor of the Exchequer says that economic recovery is just around the corner. 21. the other way round phrase B2 You use the other way around or the other way round to refer to the opposite of what you have just said. You'd think you were the one who did me the favor, and not the other way around. round (raʊnd ) noun uses Word forms: rounds 1. countable noun A round of events is a series of related events, especially one which comes after or before a similar series of events. This is the latest round of job cuts aimed at making the company more competitive. [+ of] There will be more frequent rounds of inspection by our security personnel. Synonyms: series, session, cycle, sequence 2. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN] B2 In sport, a round is a series of games in a competition. The winners of these games go on to play in the next round, and so on, until only one player or team is left. ...in the third round of the Pilkington Cup. [+ of] After round three, two Americans share the lead. Synonyms: stage, turn, level, period 3. countable noun [usually adjective NOUN] B2 In a boxing or wrestling match, a round is one of the periods during which the boxers or wrestlers fight. He was declared the victor in the 11th round. Gibson's left eye is completely closed before the end of round one. 4. countable noun A round of golf is one game, usually including 18 holes. ...two rounds of golf. [+ of] Ronan Rafferty shot six birdies in a round of 67. 5. countable noun [oft NOUN of noun] A round is a circular shape. ...small fresh rounds of goat's cheese. A cucumber was sliced into rounds. Synonyms: sphere, ball, band, ring 6. countable noun [usually with supplement, oft NOUN of noun] A round of bread is a slice of bread. A round of sandwiches is a sandwich made from two slices of bread. [British] ...four rounds of toast. 7. countable noun If you do your rounds or your round, you make a series of visits to different places or people, for example as part of your job. [mainly British] The consultants still did their morning rounds. He got out of the car, and carried on with his paper round. 8. countable noun If you buy a round of drinks, you buy a drink for each member of the group of people that you are with. They sat on the clubhouse terrace, downing a round of drinks. [+ of] I think it's my round. 9. countable noun A round of ammunition is the bullet or bullets released when a gun is fired. ...firing 1650 rounds of ammunition during a period of ten minutes. [+ of] ...the use of live rounds of ammunition. Synonyms: bullet, shot, shell, discharge 10. countable noun If there is a round of applause, everyone claps their hands to welcome someone or to show that they have enjoyed something. Sue got a sympathetic round of applause. [+ of] 11. countable noun In music, a round is a simple song sung by several people in which each person sings a different part of the song at the same time. 12. go the rounds phrase If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people. This story was going the rounds 20 years ago. 13. make the rounds phrase If you make the rounds or do the rounds, you visit a series of different places. After school, I had picked up Nick and Ted and made the rounds of the dry cleaner and the grocery store. We could do the rounds of the galleries. round (raʊnd ) adjective uses Word forms: rounder , roundest 1. adjective A2 Something that is round is shaped like a circle or ball. She had small feet and hands and a flat, round face. ...the round church known as The New Temple. ...large round loaves dusted with flour. Synonyms: spherical, rounded, bowed, curved 2. graded adjective If someone has round eyes, their eyes are open wide, for example because they are surprised, excited, or afraid. The boy sucked his thumb and stared at me with huge, round eyes. 3. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A round number is a multiple of 10, 100, 1000, and so on. Round numbers are used instead of precise ones to give the general idea of a quantity or proportion. A million pounds seemed a suitably round number. In round figures, the team pool has now reached £78,000. round (raʊnd ) verb uses Word forms: rounds , rounding , rounded 1. verb If you round a place or obstacle, you move in a curve past the edge or corner of it. The house disappeared from sight as we rounded a corner. [VERB noun] After rounding Cape Finisterre the boats ride the north-easterly trades. [VERB noun] 2. verb If you round an amount up or down, or if you round it off, you change it to the nearest whole number or nearest multiple of 10, 100, 1000, and so on. We needed to learn how to round up and round down numbers. [VERB noun with adverb] The fraction was then multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest half or whole number. [be VERB-ed + to] I'll round it off to about £30. [V n adv + to] 3. See also rounded Phrasal verbs: round off phrasal verb If you round off an activity with something, you end the activity by doing something that provides a clear or satisfactory conclusion to it. The Italian way is to round off a meal with an ice-cream. [VERB PARTICLE noun] ...a dazzling firework display which rounded off a lovely day. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] This rounded the afternoon off perfectly. [VERB noun PARTICLE] He rounds off by proposing a toast to the attendants. [V P + by] round on phrasal verb If someone rounds on you, they criticize you fiercely and attack you with aggressive words. When she rounded on him furiously, he apologised. [VERB PARTICLE noun] He says that he will stand by his men and he has rounded on his critics. [VERB PARTICLE noun] round up 1. phrasal verb If the police or army round up a number of people, they arrest or capture them. The police rounded up a number of suspects. [VERB PARTICLE noun] She says the patrolmen rounded them up at the village school and beat them with rifle butts. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. phrasal verb If you round up animals or things, you gather them together. He had sought work as a cowboy, rounding up cattle. [VERB PARTICLE noun] We've rounded up a selection of products. [VERB PARTICLE noun (not pronoun)] 3. See also round4 [sense 2], roundup Idioms: round the clock or around the clock continuously, throughout the day and night Fire crews were working round the clock to bring the huge blazes under control. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run round in circles [British] to have very little success in achieving something in spite of trying hard, because you are disorganized. In American English, you say that someone is running around in circles. She wastes a lot of energy running round in circles, whereas more careful planning could save a lot of effort and achieve a great deal. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers go round in circles [British] to not achieve very much because you keep coming back to the same point or problem over and over again. In American English, you say that someone is going around in circles. They have been going round and round in circles about treatment methods. And their solution, in the end, was perfectly straightforward. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers round the bend [mainly British, informal] crazy If anyone told me a few months ago that I'd meet a marvellous person like you I'd have said they were round the bend. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers drive someone round the bend [mainly British, informal] to annoy someone so much that they feel they are becoming crazy Can you make that tea before your fidgeting drives me completely round the bend? Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers round the houses [British] if someone is going round the houses, they keep talking about unimportant things, rather than concentrating on what they are supposed to be discussing Although in many cases we talk round the houses, we get to the important issues as well. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a square peg in a round hole someone who is in a situation or is doing a task that does not suit them at all Taylor is clearly the wrong man for the job – a square peg in a round hole. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers run rings round someone to be much better at a particular activity than someone else, and be able to beat or outwit them Mentally, he can still run rings round men half his age. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers be unable to get your tongue round something [British] to have difficulty pronouncing a word or phrase When my brother was little, he couldn't get his tongue round the word `bicycle'; it always came out as `bi-ci-click'. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers round the twist [British] crazy This man's clearly round the twist. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: round of voting The top two finishers after the first round of voting appear certain to face a second round run-off. Times, Sunday Times He wants to cling to power and doesn't want an unpredictable second round of voting. Times, Sunday Times Another round of voting will take place next week. The Sun Traditionally, only one candidate has been knocked out in every round of voting. The Sun New votes added to those submitted in the first round of voting. The Sun It will curl round and set to a neat round shape. Times, Sunday Times (2009) I had played all four practice rounds with him and all four tournament rounds. Times, Sunday Times He finished tied eighth then and the four tournament rounds no doubt helped his performance here. Times, Sunday Times He broke 70 in eight of his last 10 tournament rounds. Houston Chronicle Hampered for most of this season by a nagging rib injury, he has now played only 20 tournament rounds in 2017. Times, Sunday Times He came out first of 1024 contestants (10 tournament rounds). Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 圆的, 回合, 圆, 围着, 绕过 Japanese: 丸い, 連続 series , 円 circle , ･･･を囲んで, 曲がる |
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