['raundəbaut]
roundabout
a. 绕道的
n. 远路
环状交叉路口

例句与用法:

  1. The car stalled at the roundabout.
    那辆汽车在环形交叉处抛锚了.
  2. Five roads radiate from this roundabout.
    有五条道路以这个环状交叉路为中心向各方伸展开。
  3. At the roundabout, take the third exit.
    在环状交叉路口,从第三条出路驶出。
  4. We drove home by a roundabout route.
    我们绕远道驾车回家。

英英解释:

名词 roundabout:

  1. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
  2. 同义词:traffic circle, circle, rotary
  3. large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
  4. 同义词:carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig

形容词 roundabout:

  1. marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
  2. 同义词:circuitous
  3. deviating from a straight course
  4. 同义词:devious, circuitous