| 单词 | round |
| 释义 | adjective | noun | verb | adverb | preposition roundround1 /raʊnd/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective 1shaped like a circle: The table was round. a woman with a round face2shaped like a ball: small round berries3curved: the cathedral’s round arches4fat and curved SYN plump: a short round man5a round number is a whole number, often ending in 0, that is usually not exact: Just give me $50. That’s a nice round number. In round numbers, you’ll need to make about $1,000 to break even.—roundness noun [uncountable] → see also roundly, a square peg in a round hole at square1 (11) adjective | noun | verb | adverb | preposition roundround2 ●●○ S3 W3 noun [countable] 1SERIES a number or set of events that are related: round of the final round of voting A third round of talks will begin next month.2COMPETITION one of the parts of a competition that you have to finish or win before you can go to the next part: The winners will play each other in the next round.the opening/final round the opening round of the championship Davis won his last qualifying round.► see thesaurus at game1, stage13GUN SHOT a single shot from a gun, or a bullet for one shot: a round of ammunition Gunmen fired more than 100 rounds into the car.4ALCOHOL a drink for each of the people in a group, or your turn to buy a drink for each of them: Joe bought the first round of drinks.5REGULAR ACTIVITIES a series of activities that you have to do regularly, especially activities that are not very interesting: He dreaded the daily round of phone calls from unhappy customers. She was weary of the endless round of parties.6REGULAR VISITS rounds [plural] the usual visits that someone, especially a doctor, regularly makes as part of his or her job: The theft was discovered by a security guard making his rounds.7a round of applause a period when people clap to show that they enjoyed a performance: The audience gave her a big round of applause.8make the rounds a)to go around from one place to another, often looking for work: round of Ryan is making the rounds of talk shows to promote her new movie. b)if a story, joke, illness, etc. makes the rounds, it is passed from one person to another: The story has been making the rounds for some time.9in the round a play that is performed in the round is performed on a central stage surrounded by the people watching it10GOLF a complete game of golf11BOXING one of the periods of fighting in a boxing or wrestling match that are separated by short rests: Hamed won the fight in the seventh round.12CIRCLE something that has a circular shape: Slice the potatoes into rounds.13SONG eng. lang. arts a song for three or four singers, in which each one sings the same tune, starting at different times[Origin: 1200–1300 Old French roont, from Latin rotundus] adjective | noun | verb | adverb | preposition roundround3 ●●○ verb [transitive] 1to go around something such as a bend or the corner of a building: As I rounded the corner, I could see that the house was on fire.2to make something into a round shape: The edges of the counter have been rounded to make them safer.round something ↔ down phrasal verb to reduce an exact figure to the nearest whole number → see also round upround off phrasal verb1 to change an exact figure to the nearest whole number: Prices are rounded off to the nearest dollar.2round something ↔ off to do something as a way of ending an event, performance, etc. in an appropriate or satisfactory way: round something off with something We rounded off our dinner with homemade apple pie.3round something ↔ off to take the sharp edges off something: Round off the corners with a pair of scissors.round something ↔ out phrasal verb to make an experience more thorough or complete: Next week’s performance of Strauss’ “Elektra” rounds out the opera season.round up phrasal verb1round somebody/something ↔ up to find and gather together a group of people or things: Neighbors helped round up the cattle. → see also roundup2round somebody ↔ up to search for and find a particular group of people and keep them prisoner: Police rounded up dozens of suspects.3round something ↔ up to increase an exact figure to the next highest whole number → see also round adjective | noun | verb | adverb | preposition roundround4 adverb [only after verb] 1around2round about spoken about a particular time or amount: We’ll probably get there round about 9:00. adjective | noun | verb | adverb | preposition roundround5 preposition around: People used to believe that the Sun went round the Earth. → see also round-the-clock |
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