| 单词 | to have been round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto have been round b. colloquial (chiefly U.S.). With to be: in the world at large; in existence. Also in to have been round: (of a person) to have visited many places, with the implication that the person referred to has acquired a range of knowledge or experience. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adverb] thereouta1300 outc1400 in being1483 existingly1601 existently1641 out therec1794 round1852 1852 Water-cure Jrnl. 12 113 I have been round some, and I think I can tell a sheet from a lancet, let the wind be which way it will! 1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner xvi. 176 Those unwholesome..creatures, that look not fit to be round among live folks. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald Flappers & Philosophers 7 I'm no fool. I've been round. I know men. 1979 Ebony May 13 (advt.) One way of projecting and storing slides has been round for years. 2000 L. Mullin & M. J. MacDonald in M. Khosrowpour Challenges of Information Technol. Managem. in 21st Cent. 971 The debate of whether or not technology increases productivity has been round for years. < as lemmas |
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