英 [ˈraʊndəbaʊt] 美 [ˈraʊndəbaʊt]
n. <英>环岛，环形交叉路口；<英>（儿童坐的）旋转圆台；<英>旋转木马
adj. 绕路的，迂回的；（说话）绕圈子的，不直截了当的
复数roundabouts
比较级more roundabout
最高级most roundabout
roundabout /ˈraʊndəˌbaʊt/ CET6+ TEM4
形容词 If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route. 迂回的
He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
他今天绕道前往约旦，也将很快到达埃及。
形容词 If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way. 拐弯抹角的
We made a little fuss in a roundabout way.
我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
可数名词 A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive around it until you come to the road that you want. (交通) 环岛
可数名词 A roundabout at an amusement park is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go around and around. (游乐园的) 旋转木马
可数名词 A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin around. (公园、学校的) 转椅
a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
同义词： traffic circle / circle / rotary
large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on
同义词： carousel / carrousel / merry-go-round / whirligig
marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct
a roundabout paragraph ; hear in a roundabout way that her ex-husband was marrying her best friend
同义词： circuitous
deviating from a straight course
a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic
同义词： devious / circuitous
环岛
如此优秀的运动员拼尽了全力，却得不到队友兵法式的支援和战略性的迂回(Roundabout)，以至于在门前连起脚的机会都屈指可数。
环岛(Roundabout)：花期长，矮生，株高15cm。适合盆栽生产。
... offend vt.触怒;冒犯 straightforward adj.直接的;坦率的 roundabout adj.拐弯抹角的;兜圈子的 ...
... 〖circularity〗指在思想或表达方式上绕圈子的性质或状态 〖tortuous;circuit;indirect;roundabout〗曲折回旋的；环绕的 〖absurdview〗迂腐而不切实际。不合事理的见解 ...
He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
他今天绕道前往约旦，也将很快到达埃及。
Freedom of speech is being realized in a roundabout way.
言论自由正在以一种迂回的方式实现。
It was a difficult and roundabout trip.
这是一次艰难而曲折的旅行。
Yet at the same time, you probably thought "Oh, yeah, well, I did come out pretty much in the place I expected to come out in despite the roundabout way of having gotten there."
但同时，你可能会想“哦，也是，尽管比较曲折,但是我也比预想的收获了更多“
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
I still want to tell this story," and he does it in a kind of roundabout way. And this is on page 49.
我还是想要告诉人们我的故事,他用一种迂回的方式这样做了，这是在49页。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Bear in mind, reaction to changes at Blackfriars Bridge and the controversial Bow roundabout has not been favourable.
She was among doctors in Accident and Emergency who assisted the injured from Pearl Roundabout.
She remembered riding behind her Lululemon-Specialized team car when the car entered a roundabout.