| 单词 | take a round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto take (also go, make) a round a. A recreational walk or drive round a place or a number of places; a tour. Usually in to take (also go, make) a round. Also figurative. Now chiefly South Asian. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > tour round1620 tour1642 giro1670 tourification1802 periegesis1820 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster ii. 21 Come Ladies, shal we talke a round, as men do walke a mile, women should talke an houre after supper. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 100 Thence we took a Round..to the English Tombs. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 137 Liberty to take a Round about the Castle. 1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 13. ⁋1 I went into Lincoln-Inn-Walks; and having taken a Round or Two, I sate down. 1765 S. Foote Commissary i. 5 Mercy upon me, what a round have I taken!..don't you see I'm tired to death? a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. J. W. von Goethe Scenes from Faust in Posthumous Poems (1824) 413 Yet I will take a round with you, and hope..To beat the poet and the devil together. 1906 Mrs. C. Dauncey Englishwoman in Philippines xxiv. 197 What a pity we are not on our own balcony, as they have made a round, and are coming past the house. 1977 B. C. Varma Mirage iii. 41 Start driving the car right now. There's no work to do. Let us take a round of the city. 2008 F. Noronha Behind News v. 49 After the edition was over, my NT colleague Anthony and I decided to take a round. to take a round ΚΠ 1848 ‘N. Buntline’ Mysteries & Miseries N.Y. i. Gloss. 113 Taking a cruise about town, or going on a spree, is called taking a round. < as lemmas |
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