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roundabout

[ adjective round-uh-bout, round-uh-bout; noun round-uh-bout ]

adjective

  1. circuitous or indirect, as a road, journey, method, statement or person.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. (of clothing) cut circularly at the bottom; having no tails, train, or the like.


noun

  1. a short, close-fitting coat or jacket worn by men or boys, especially in the 19th century.
  2. British. a merry-go-round.
  3. a circuitous or indirect road, method, etc.
  4. Chiefly British. traffic circle.

roundabout

/ 藞谤补蕣苍诲蓹藢产补蕣迟 /

noun

  1. a revolving circular platform provided with wooden animals, seats, etc, on which people ride for amusement; merry-go-round
  2. a road junction in which traffic streams circulate around a central island US and Canadian nametraffic circle
  3. an informal name for boring mill
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. indirect or circuitous; devious
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. on all sides

    spectators standing round about

  2. approximately

    at round about 5 o'clock

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of roundabout1

1525鈥35; round 1 (adv.) + about
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The attack happened along Ngong Road near a busy roundabout often manned by traffic police officers and well secured with security cameras.

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The Liverpool victory parade will set off from Allerton Maze and travel north on Queens Drive towards the Fiveways roundabout and Rocket flyover.

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Home to about 3,000 people, a few shops, two roundabouts and a tiny hospital, Streaky Bay is an idyllic beach town.

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Over drinks in a curved booth at the Polo Lounge on a March afternoon, the Gilroy brothers reminisced about the roundabout way they all wound up in the family business: Hollywood.

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In a roundabout way, his schoolfriend Chulwoo Lee agrees: "He had this delusion he could save the nation from communist threats, but I have no sympathy for him; he has jeopardised our democracy."

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