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BNC: 397 COCA: 264

around

a·round /əˈraʊnd/ ●●● S1 W1 adverbadv , preposition  
1  AROUND/ROUNDsurrounding or on all sides of something or someone 环绕，在（…）周围 SYN British English round
 The whole family was sitting around the dinner table.
全家人围坐在饭桌旁。
 The Romans built a defensive wall around the city.
罗马人在城市周围筑起一道防御墙。
 She wore a beautiful silk shawl around her shoulders.
她在肩上围了一条漂亮的真丝披肩。
 People crowded around to see what was happening.
人们挤在四周围观。
 We would hear the birds singing all around us.
我们会听见四周鸟儿在唱歌。
2  moving in a circle 旋转；围绕 SYN British English round
 A helicopter was circling around, looking for somewhere to land.
直升机盘旋着寻找降落地点。
 They danced around the bonfire.
他们围着篝火跳舞。
3  in or to many places or parts of an area 到处，四处 SYN British English about
 He wandered around the streets, looking in shop windows.
他在街上闲逛，看看商店橱窗。
 There are over 40 radio stations dotted around the country.
有40多家广播电台分布在全国各地。
 When I finished college, I travelled around for a while.
大学毕业以后，我到处旅游了一段时间。
 Since it’s your first day here, would you like me to show you around?
你第一天到这儿，要我带你四处转转吗？
 We started looking around for somewhere to live.
我们开始到处找住的地方。
4 
a) British EnglishBrE in an area near a place or person 在（…）附近，在（…）近处 SYN round
 Is there a bank around here?
这附近有银行吗？
 When you’ve been around a person long enough, you start to know how they’ll react.
和一个人相处久了就会了解他的处事态度。
 the new housing areas in and around Dublin
都柏林及其周围的新住宅区
 Catherine was the most beautiful girl for miles around.
凯瑟琳是方圆几英里内最漂亮的女孩子。
b) if someone or something is around, they are somewhere in the place where you are 在（…）身边
 Why is there never a policeman around when you need one?
当你需要警察的时候为什么从来一个也找不到呢？
 Jake went down to the bar, but there was no one around that he knew.
杰克去了酒吧，但是周围一个人都不认识。
 Is your dad around?
你爸爸在吗？
 The list is somewhere around.
清单就在这里的某个地方。
5  British EnglishBrE on the other side of something, or to the other side of it without going through it or over it 绕过 SYN round
 If the gate’s locked, you’ll have to go around the side of the house.
如果大门锁上了，你们就得从房子侧面绕过去。
 There’s a door around the back.
从后面绕过去有一扇门。
 She ran around the corner and straight into the arms of John Delaney.
她跑过拐角，和约翰·德莱尼撞了个满怀。
6  used to say that someone or something turns so that they face in the opposite direction 掉转；掉头 SYN British English round
7  (also around about) used when guessing a number, amount, time etc, without being exact 大约
8  existing 存在着 SYN British English about
9  if something is organized around a particular person or thing, it is organized according to their needs, wishes, ideas etc 围绕，以…为中心；根据
10  used to show that someone spends time in a place without doing anything useful 闲散地，无所事事地 SYN British English about
11  a way around a difficult situation or problem is a way to solve it or avoid it 解决，克服；避免 SYN British English round
12  to other people or positions 传，递；挪 SYN British English round
13  have been around  (also have been around the block a few times) informal
Examples from the Corpus
have been around• I've been around the block a few times, and I think I know when someone's trying to cheat me.• When you've been around as long as I have you realize some things aren't worth getting upset about.• Some have been around a long time, others are of more recent origins.• Most of them have been around a lot longer.• Demos have been around as long as computer games.• The usual suspects are labor unions, which have been around for a century.• Neural networks used for robotics and control applications have been around for a relatively long time.• Armies are the main conventional weapon and have been around for over five millennia in various forms.• Though I must have been around just at that time, I think.• They have been around, practically unchanged, for at least 200 million years.
14  American EnglishAmE used to show the length of a line surrounding something 以圆周计算
→ round1, → get around (something) at get around, → go around in circles at circle1(5)
Examples from the Corpus
around• Don't leave all your clothes lying around.• It was 11:30 at night, and no one was around.• Since it's your first day here, would you like me to show you around?• I'll turn the car around and pick you up at the door.• Reporters crowded around as Jensen left the courtroom.• I think the B-52's were the best band around at the time.• When I finished college, I traveled around for a while before I got my first job.• That joke's been around for years.• The children were dancing around in a circle.• Kevin spun his chair around to greet me as I walked into his office.
all around• The prison had high walls all around.• She saw it happening all around her.• The poor are winning; they are all around, making themselves felt.• Why not the women I saw all around me, working from before dawn to dark?• There were flowers all around the apartment.• All around the coast the story is similar.• All around the crater, figures were standing in attitudes of paralyzed astonishment.• Door gunners all around us were pulverizing the ground around him, but Leese had not given our gunners permission to fire.• Horns were blaring all around us.• Pure-hearted men are all around you.
somewhere around• Your house current is somewhere around 110 volts, which is enough to fry everything inside your machine.• From quite an early age I was expected to be somewhere around.• There was no definite sound, but he knew that Mabel would be somewhere around.• She had not specified, but somewhere around four thirty to five would have been a reasonable time to return.• All the heavy materials came from junk spinning somewhere around in the solar system.• She was probably the oldest woman in the village, being somewhere around sixty.• I rolled forward, hoping there would be a parking pad somewhere around the bend coming up.• It came from somewhere around the corner.
around the corner• "Is there a bank near here?'' "Sure, it's just around the corner.''• We rented a baking facility around the corner.• Caricature was just around the corner.• The car screeched around the corner after him in a burst of fumes and querulous voices.• They claim that news is just around the corner, and that it will be on us before we know it.• She might think we're just around the corner and that we're not coming to see her.• We met in a bar just around the corner from my apartment.• Out in the street afterwards they wandered around the corner into Leicester Square to see the Christmas lights.• He clenched his teeth together but the first syllable forced itself around the corner of his mouth.• Around the corner, the public waits in a long line for a chance to eat breakfast in a Senate restaurant.
a·round adverbadv
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See also: round

BNC: 397 COCA: 264
BNC: 397 COCA: 264
BNC: 397 COCA: 264
around
Describing circular movements: round, circular, revolving...
Describing movement in a specific direction: ahead, anticlockwise, around...
Describing movement away and changes of direction: away, backward, outwards...
Describing movement towards a place or person: direct, advancing, oncoming...
Surrounded and surrounding: inside, surrounding, enclosed...
Function words referring to location: about, across, after...
Next to, near to and not far away: local, close, nearly...
Describing and introducing guesses: about, around, at a guess...
Telling the time by a clock: 0900/1300 etc hours, about, advanced...
Available and to be, or to become available: available, public, spare...
Concerning or about something: about, regarding, concerning...

See also: lark

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