phrasal verbphr vRETURNto turn around and go back the way you have come 原路折回
The driver doubled back and headed for Howard Bay.
司机从原路折回,向霍华德湾方向驶去。
double back on yourself
We kept getting lost and having to double back on ourselves.
我们不断迷路,得不断折回原路。
Examples from the Corpus
double back• But Vicenza was half way from Venice to Verona, so if they did that they would all be doubling back.• There came a time when he doubled back after the others had gone on the trail taking their cyan hardness with them.• I chased one into a warehouse where he managed to double back and attack me from behind.• They had doubled back and got out of the single-leaf door of the car.• But our dinnerdoubled back away from the marksmen and headed over a ridge.• The way moves cast, and then doubles back, labyrinth-like, to head north and up the stairs.