round1 /raʊnd/ ●●● S2 W2 especially British EnglishBrE (also around) adverbadv, prepositionprep 1 AROUND/ROUNDsurrounding or on all sides of something or someone 围绕;在…周围 We sat round the table playing cards. 我们围桌而坐玩纸牌。
Gather round! I have an important announcement to make. 大家围拢来!我有重要事情要宣布。
He put his arm gently round her waist. 他轻轻地搂着她的腰。
I kept the key on a chain round my neck. 我给钥匙穿了根链子挂在脖子上。
The ballroom’s huge, with windows all the way round. 舞厅很大,四周都是窗户。
There was a lovely courtyard with tables all round. 有一个漂亮的庭院,四周都是桌子。
2 OPPOSITE/REVERSEused to say that someone or something turns so that they face in the opposite direction 朝反方向,转过来 When he turned round I recognised him immediately. 他转过身来,我立即认出了他。
Graham glanced round, startled by the voice behind him. 格雷厄姆听到背后的声音一惊,回头扫了一眼。
3 in or to many places or parts of an area 到处,四处 Reggie went round making sure all the lights were off. 雷吉走了一圈,确保所有灯都关了。
Leah showed me round on my first day at the office. 我上班第一天,利娅带我在办公室走了一圈。
A guide took us round the palace and gardens. 一名导游带我们参观了宫殿和花园。
He spent a whole year travelling round Europe. 他花了整整一年周游欧洲。
She looked round the room as though leaving it for the last time. 她环顾房间,那样子就像要永远离开这里了。
changes that are affecting the weather all round the world 影响全球气候的一些变化
4 TURNmoving in a circle 旋转,绕着…转动 She watched the clock hands go round. 她看着钟的指针转动。
An aeroplane was circling round far overhead. 一架飞机在高空盘旋。
Until the 16th century people believed that the Sun went round the Earth. 直至16世纪人们一直认为太阳围绕地球转。
He stared at the washing machine, just watching the clothes go round and round. 他盯着洗衣机,看着衣服一圈圈地转。
a shoal of tiny fish swimming round in circles 一群转圈游动的小鱼
5 informal if you go round to someone’s house, you go to their house, usually to visit them 到,去〔某人家〕 I might go round to Nigel’s this evening. 我今天晚上可能去奈杰尔家。
He’s invited us round for dinner. 他邀请我们去他家吃晚饭。
We’ll be round (=will arrive) at seven. 我们将在7点到。
6 AROUND/ROUNDto other people or positions 分给〔其他人〕;移至〔其他地方〕 A big box of chocolates was handed round. 一大盒巧克力分给了大家。
He’d moved his furniture round. 他把家具换了位置。
7 on the other side of something, or to the other side of it without going through it or over it 在…另一边;绕过 He ran round to open Kate’s door for her. 他跑过去给凯特开门。
There must be another entrance round the back. 后面一定还有个入口。
I watched the two boys disappear round the corner. 我看着这两个男孩拐过弯不见了。
round to She came round to his side of the desk. 她绕到桌子那头他坐的一边。
8 in the area near a particular place 在…附近 Much of the countryside round Hinkley Point is given over to agriculture. 辛克利角附近的乡间有许多地区都被用于农业开垦。
Do you live round here? 你住在附近吗?
He owned all the land round about (=in the surrounding area). 这一带的土地都是他的。
9 round about APPROXIMATELY spoken informal (also round) used when guessing a number, amount, time etc without being exact 大约 SYN approximately We got there round about half past nine. 我们大约9点半到了那儿。
He’s round about the same age as my son. 他大概和我儿子差不多年龄。
It must have been round midnight when I saw him. 我看到他的时候肯定已经是半夜前后了。
10 used to show that someone spends time in a place without doing anything useful 闲待着 People were just standing round and not doing anything to help. 旁边的人只是站着,也不做点什么帮一下。
11 if something is organized round a particular person or thing, it is organized according to their needs, wishes, ideas etc 以…为中心,围绕 Working from home, she could arrange her hours round her children. 在家工作,她就可以按照孩子的需要安排时间了。
He had built his whole existence round her. 他的全部生活都以她为中心。
12 DEAL WITHa way round a difficult situation or problem is a way to solve it or avoid it 解决〔问题〕;绕过〔问题〕 She’s going to have to buy a car. I can’t see any other way round it. 她只能去买一辆车了,我看没有其他办法。
strategies to get round (=solve) the problem 解决这个问题的策略
13 TMAROUND/ROUNDused to show the length of a line surrounding something 周长 The park was about five miles round. 公园的外围大概有五英里。
→ all round, → go round in circles at circle1(5), → (a)round the clock at clock1(2), → (just) around/round the corner at corner1(9), → first/second time round at time1(3), → way round at way1(24) all round• Bernie ordered drinks all round.• We always strove to get a solution that was acceptable all round.• I was a big disappointment to her all round.• There were smiles all round as he stood up to make his speech.• With handshakes all round everyone left, leaving her and Nathan alone.• The boy was making straight for the stone, holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him.• He was white all round his mouth.• Above that a heavy mantle is wrapped all round the body and brought over the head.• His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines.• They have been in the middle of war and think nothing of hearing shooting all round them.• There were tears all round when the time came for him to leave. all round• I was a big disappointment to her all round.• We always strove to get a solution that was acceptable all round.• With handshakes all round everyone left, leaving her and Nathan alone.• The boy was making straight for the stone, holding his stick up and making little darting glances all round him.• He was white all round his mouth.• Above that a heavy mantle is wrapped all round the body and brought over the head.• His Mum made him sit on one of the chairs that were all round the walls and look at the magazines.• They have been in the middle of war and think nothing of hearing shooting all round them.
round in circles• His greater strength over mine would have sent the boat turning round and round in circles.• Why do I keep walking round and round in circles?• Flight rather weak, but buoyant swimmers, like tiny gulls, often spinning round in circles and picking insects off surface.• At dawn I was still going round in circles in a five mile stack over Edinburgh airspace.• For I appear to be going round in circles in answer to a question which has been worrying me for some time.• As it crawls round and round in circles it keeps revisiting the same pebbles.• Mostly, they go round in circles, reflecting only the idiom of the day.• The station was only round a few corners - I must have walked round in circles the day before. round the corner• But even more of a reprieve was lurking round the corner.• He knew it would be gone before he rounded the corner.• She flew down Puddle Lane, round the corner, and back into Market Square.• I round the corner and start towards the barn behind the kitchen gardens.• Even nails stopped in his stride as they rounded the corner by the cinema queue.• If the Musée Bonn at is plush and metropolitan, the Musée Basque round the corner is local and very homely.• Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.• I rounded the corner, then stopped, waited a moment and peeked back into the lobby. round about• She's round about 26 or 27.
get round ... problem• In a running-down case it is quite simple to get round this problem.• The payment of an inflation proof and/or sterling-related salary may be made to get round these problems.• Single-ended slot blades would get round the problem, but aren't on offer;.• There are a number of tortured perspectives on how to get round this problem, but they are themselves fraught with problems.• Consultants can get round this problem by acting as a neutral third party.• London Transport could get round this problem by increasing the power of its transmissions and blotting out foreign broadcasts.• In Amalgamemnon Brooke-Rose gets round this problem by using non-realized tenses and moods.• This also gets round problems of fluctuation, when business is slow, they do not have to maintain a regular workforce. round3 ●●○ noun [countableC] 1 series 系列CONNECTED WITH a round of events is a series of related events, which are part of a longer process 轮,轮次round of a third round of peace talks 第三轮和平谈判
the Government’s latest round of expenditure cuts 政府最近一次削减支出
2 competition 比赛DS one of the parts of a competition that you have to finish or win before you can go on to the next part 〔比赛的〕轮,局,场 → heat, stagethe first/final/next/qualifying etc round I got beaten in the first round. 我在第一轮就被打败了。
Two of their candidates made it through to the next round. 他们的候选人中有两名进入了下一轮。
round of the final round of the championship 锦标赛的最后一轮
3 REGULAR ACTIVITIES 惯常的活动round of something a round of activities is a regular series of activities, especially activities that are not very exciting 一系列常规活动;惯常的活动 an endless round of meetings and interviews 没完没了的会议和采访
He continued with his usual round of private and business engagements. 他生活依旧,除了私事就是公事。
the daily round of commuting and shopping 上下班和购物的日常例行事务
daily round• It seems J.F. Cooper played his daily rounds with only five clubs!• He was quite different from the stringy little animals I saw on my daily round.• Practically every day in one way or another we carry out some form of sampling for ourselves in our ordinary daily round.• For many years her life was almost a caricature of the daily round of the Victorian upper-class spinster.• After four carefree years, one enters the Company, where the daily round of obedient toil begins again. 4 VISITS 探访rounds [plural]MHVISIT the usual visits that someone, especially a doctor, regularly makes as part of their job 巡访;〔尤指医生的〕定期巡诊be (out) on your rounds I’m sorry. The doctor is out on her rounds. 对不起,医生出去巡诊了。
be (out) on your rounds• I was out on my rounds as usual.
5 round of applause APwhen people clap for a short time to show that they enjoyed something or approve of something 一阵掌声 She got a big round of applause. 她博得一阵热烈的掌声。
The passengers gave the pilot a round of applause. 乘客给飞行员一阵掌声。
6 golf 高尔夫球DSG a complete game of golf 一场〔指打完球场里所有的洞〕 I played a round of golf on Sunday morning. 星期天早上我打了一场高尔夫球。
7. boxing/wrestling 拳击/摔跤DSO one of the periods of fighting in a boxing or wrestling match 〔拳击或摔跤比赛的〕一个回合 8 drinks 饮料DLBUY if you buy a round of drinks in a bar, you buy drinks for all the people in your group 〔在酒吧为同伴买的〕一巡〔饮料〕it’s my/your etc round (=used to say whose turn it is to buy drinks for all the people in your group) 这一巡轮到我/你等请客 What are you having? It’s my round. 你们喝什么?这一巡我请客。
9 do the rounds British EnglishBrE informal, make the rounds American English (also go the rounds British EnglishBrE)GIVE if a story, idea, or illness does the rounds, it is passed on from one person to another 〔故事、观点或疾病〕传播,流传 a joke doing the rounds 一个正在流传的笑话
10 do the rounds of something British EnglishBrE, make the rounds of something American EnglishVISIT to go around from one place to another, especially looking for work or advertising something 去各处做某事〔尤指找工作或作宣传〕 Ryan is making the rounds of talk shows to promote her new movie. 瑞安正到处出席访谈节目,宣传她的新片。
11 gun shot 枪弹发射PMWSHOOT a single shot from a gun, or a bullet for one shot 一枪;一发 I’ve only got ten rounds of ammunition left. 我就剩十发子弹了。
Richards fired a few rounds. 理查兹开了几枪。
12 circle 圆CFCIRCLE something that has a circular shape 圆形物 Slice the potatoes into rounds. 把马铃薯切成圆形薄片。
13 food/newspapers/letters etc 食品/报纸/信件等BBTVISIT British EnglishBrE a regular visit to a number of houses, offices etc to deliver or sell things 〔固定的〕递送路线paper/milk round (=a job in which you deliver newspapers, milk etc to people’s houses) 上门送报纸/送牛奶 I used to do a paper round. 我以前干过上门送报纸的活。
14. song 歌曲APM a song for three or four singers, in which each one sings the same tune, starting at a different time 轮唱曲 15. round of sandwiches British EnglishBrEDF sandwiches made from two whole pieces of bread 〔用两整片面包做成的〕三明治 16. round of toast British EnglishBrEDF one whole piece of bread that has been toasted 一整片烤面包round of toast• The evening ended with a final round of toasts.• Top with the remaining rounds of toast. n COLLOCATIONSphrasesa round of talks/negotiations/meetingsA second round of talks got under way this week.
a round of votingIn the first round of voting he took 44.5 percent of the vote,
a round of cuts (=when a government or a company reduces the size or amount of something)The president is likely to approve a new round of cuts in military forces.
a round of layoffs (=when people are told to leave their jobs)The latest round of layoffs could bring its labor force down to 60,000.
a round of violenceWhat has prompted the latest round of violence?
round• More than 30 rounds were fired at the guards.• To serve, place sauteed bread rounds on warm plates and arrange birds on top.• The first four rounds are designed to produce 32 prize-winning county champions, who will then go forward to the national rounds.• But it isn't; it's the good rounds that bring you back.• Cut the carrots into half-inch rounds.• The heroes of the last round were perhaps Paul Clarkson and John Simpkins, the goalkeeper.• I'll buy the next round of beers.• The second round of voting is scheduled for May 5.• Hamed won the fight in the seventh round.• Purdue lost to Kansas State in the third round.• Cunningly simple: two contestants, three rounds and a panel of three celebrity judges.• Last week in New York, he stopped respectable light heavyweight Merqui Sosa in only two rounds. round of• A final round of talks is scheduled in Tokyo next year.
the first/final/next/qualifying etc round• The barely acknowledged hope caused her heart to beat faster as she reached for the first round iron latch.• Now we can look forward to a really big crowd at Goodison for Chelsea in the next round.• Voters in these constituencies would choose between whichever two candidates had won the largest numbers of votes in the first round.• In the first round of the Rochester Open in 1941, Hogan burned up the course, shooting a record 64.• In the first round, I hit him with by best shot right on the chin and! ital!• In the first round, I went to the center of the ring.• In the first round, Palmer scored a 12 there, hitting out of bounds four times.• Tiger Woods had started the final round nine behind the leaders. played a round of golf• I played a round of golf in a group which included Prost and Mansell.• I did a few odds and ends in the garden on Saturday, played a round of golf on Sunday morning. it’s my/your etc round• Or is it because it's my round?
fired ... rounds• Both the driver and the passenger were armed and fired several rounds before being shot dead by security men.• Each Vickers K fired a thousand rounds a minute. do ... round• And don't turn round when you talk to me.• And take my tip, don't come round again.• And do what? Round up the rats?• He even does rounds at the local hospital, ensuring that the terminally ill remain plugged in.• Without references, letters may do the rounds of various desks before the correct destination is found.• On Saturday morning, Peter went off to do his rounds of parish patients at Woodborough Hospital.• The first offered to do the rounds for five dollars.• Which way do they go round more quickly? From Longman Business Dictionary
roundround1 /raʊnd/ adjectiveadj1a round number or sum is a whole number, often ending in 0Let’s make it a round £50 I owe you.
2in round figures when an amount is not expressed as an exact number, but as the nearest 10,100,1, 000 etcIn round figures, the expected profit is about £600 million.