roundabouts

英 [ˈraʊndəbaʊts]

美 [ˈraʊndəˌbaʊts]

n.  (交通)环岛; (游乐设施)旋转平台
roundabout的复数

柯林斯词典

• （交通）环岛;环形交叉路口
  Aroundaboutis a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive round it until you come to the road that you want.

in AM, use 美国英语用 traffic circle


• 旋转木马
  Aroundaboutat a fair is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go round and round.

in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round, carousel


• （儿童坐的）旋转圆台
  Aroundaboutin a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin round.

in AM, use 美国英语用merry-go-round


• ADJ-GRADED (路线)迂回的，绕弯的，绕远的
  If you go somewhere by aroundaboutroute, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
  1. He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
     他今天启程绕道去约旦，用不了多久还会去埃及。
• ADJ-GRADED (说话或做事)迂回的，转弯抹角的，不直截了当的
  If you do or say something in aroundaboutway, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
  1. We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.
     我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
  2. ...using indirect or roundabout language in place of a precise noun.
     使用间接的、旁敲侧击的语言，而不是准确的名词
• round about→ see:round

双语例句

• Basd on analysis, the hot trimming stress is the main cause to produce deformation of fork port of the universal joint. The Model for the Coordinated Control on Five-Leg Roundabouts Based on the Constraint of the Circulating Lane Capacity
  通过对万向节叉叉口变形情况进行分析，得出其变形原因为热切边应力。五叉环形交叉口信号协调控制模型
• It's just swings and roundabouts in politics. You're never rejected or long.
  政治是一个得失平衡的问题，你不会长久被搁在一边的。
• Well, it's swings and roundabouts, isn't it?
  嗯，此事既有得又有失，不是吗？
• Application of Analogy in Phase Design of Signalized Roundabouts
  类比法在十字环形交叉口相位设计中的应用
• This paper analyzes the properties of Chinese roundabouts and sets up the models of the low channeling level roundabouts with the gap acceptance theory.
  对中国国道、省道环形交叉口道路及交通特性进行了分析研究，在此基础上首次以间隙－接受理论建立了适于中国低渠化环形交叉口通行能力的理论模型。
• Whatever the outcome of all these swings and roundabouts along with many more, the reason that deciding what to do with your life is so difficult is that it involves predicting the future.
  不管上述列举事情的结果如何，不管这些事情周围还有多少其它事情，让你决定生活中应该做什么事情很困难的原因，是因为你必须去预测未来。
• We then moved closer to the Arc de Triomphe, one of the busiest roundabouts in the world.
  然后，我们移近凯旋门，其中一个在世界上最繁忙的出入。
• The arguments for roundabouts are strong.
  关于环形路的争论一直很激烈。
• Study of the Delay Theory Model for Low Channeling Roundabouts
  低渠化环形交叉口延误理论模型研究
• These crashes are eliminated with roundabouts because vehicles travel more slowly and in the same direction.
  这些事故在环状交叉路中都得很好的消除了，这是因为车辆在环状交叉路中行驶的更慢并且是同向行驶。