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单词 detour
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detour

noun
/ˈdiːtʊə(r)/, /ˈdiːtɔː(r)/
/ˈdiːtʊr/
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  1. a longer route that you take in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place
    • We had to make a detour around the flooded fields.
    • It's well worth making a detour to see the village.
    Extra Examples
    • The monument is well worth a detour.
    • The ship made a detour to the south.
    • Trucks now face a five-mile detour around the bridge.
    • We had to make a lengthy detour through the backstreets.
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lengthy
    • long
    • brief
    • …
    verb + detour
    • make
    • take
    • be worth
    • …
    detour + noun
    • route
    • sign
    preposition
    • detour around
    • detour from
    • detour through
    • …
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  2. (North American English)
    (British English diversion)
    a road or route that is used when the usual one is closed
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • lengthy
    • long
    • brief
    • …
    verb + detour
    • make
    • take
    • be worth
    • …
    detour + noun
    • route
    • sign
    preposition
    • detour around
    • detour from
    • detour through
    • …
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a noun): from French détour ‘change of direction’, from détourner ‘turn away’.

detour

verb
/ˈdiːtʊə(r)/, /ˈdiːtɔː(r)/
/ˈdiːtʊr/
[intransitive, transitive] (especially North American English)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they detour
/ˈdiːtʊə(r)/, /ˈdiːtɔː(r)/
/ˈdiːtʊr/
he / she / it detours
/ˈdiːtʊəz/, /ˈdiːtɔːz/
/ˈdiːtʊrz/
past simple detoured
/ˈdiːtʊəd/, /ˈdiːtɔːd/
/ˈdiːtʊrd/
past participle detoured
/ˈdiːtʊəd/, /ˈdiːtɔːd/
/ˈdiːtʊrd/
-ing form detouring
/ˈdiːtʊərɪŋ/, /ˈdiːtɔːrɪŋ/
/ˈdiːtʊrɪŋ/
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  1. to take a longer route in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place; to make somebody/something take a longer route
    • detour + adv./prep. The President detoured to Chicago for a special meeting.
    • detour something I would detour the endless stream of motor homes.
    • detour somebody/something + adv./prep. State troopers were detouring southbound trucks off Route 1 onto Route 16.
    Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a noun): from French détour ‘change of direction’, from détourner ‘turn away’.
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