单词 | go around |
释义 | go around (once / 1270 pages) 1v 2v 3v 4v WORD FAMILY go around: goes around, going around, gone around, went around USAGE EXAMPLESThe accident occurred in the Bronx as the commuter train went around a curve at about 82 mph. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) The original critics of PC were academics or shadow-academics, Ivy League graduates who went around in bow ties quoting Plato and Matthew Arnold. The Guardian(Nov 30, 2016) “She went around talking to all the right people,” Hill-Aston said. Washington Post(Nov 29, 2016) 1 1v turn on or around an axis or a center Syn|Hypo|Hyper revolve, rotate circumvolve, rotate cause to turn on an axis or center drive in, screw cause to penetrate, as with a circular motion screwturn like a screw wheel, wheel aroundchange directions as if revolving on a pivot gyrate, reel, spin, spin around, whirlrevolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis swirl, twiddle, twirl, whirlturn in a twisting or spinning motion screw upscrew or turn higher cartwheeldo cartwheels: perform an acrobatic movement using both hands and feet whirligigwhirl or spin like a whirligig turn move around an axis or a center 2v go around the flank of (an opposing army) 2Syn|Hyper outflank go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically v become widely known and passed on 3the story went around in the office Syn|Hyper circulate, spread broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread cause to become widely known go, locomote, move, travel change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically v be sufficient 4There's not enough to go around Hyper answer, do, serve, suffice be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity v avoid something unpleasant or laborious Syn|Hyper bypass, get around, short-circuit avoid stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something |
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