| 单词 | to show round |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto show round to show round transitive. = to show around at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > guidance in travel > show (the way) [verb (transitive)] > accompany as a guide > strangers or tourists cicerone1789 to show round1819 to take about1823 ciceronize1832 to show around ——1839 to show around1847 1819 Kaleidoscope 20 July 5/3 ‘You shall see,’ said the very intelligent gentleman who showed me round. 1873 M. E. Pratt Rhoda Thornton's Girlhood xiv. 260 After we 'd looked over the house, we went out, and he showed me round. 1951 M. Dickens My Turn to make Tea vii. 122 Sister..said that if I was The Press, Matron had deputed her to show me round. 1991 High Life (Brit. Airways) May 11/3 The bearded Yeoman Warders in their Tudor clothes show visitors round and describe the dramas of the past with theatrical panache. 2005 Independent 20 Sept. 59/2 The gardeners had to be here in their Sunday best to show them round. to show round —— to show round —— transitive. = to show around —— at Phrasal verbs 2. Cf. to show round at Phrasal verbs 1. ΚΠ 1816 Monthly Mag. July 537/2 On showing him round the courts of the temple, one of the English officers..exclaimed in surprise. 1842 H. Lawrence Let. 20 June in H. B. Edwardes & H. Merivale Life Sir H. Lawrence (1872) I. ix. 389 Havelock, in great feather, showed us round the fields of battle. 1928 P. G. Wodehouse Money for Nothing v. 96 How can you be poor, when that gallery place you showed us round yesterday is jam full of pictures worth a fortune an inch? 2009 Independent 6 Mar. (Arts & Bks. section) 7/4 One of the staff was showing us round Vita Sackville-West's tower room. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。