round
round 英 [raʊnd] 美 [raʊnd]
n. 圆；循环；一回合；圆形物 adj. 圆的 adv. 在周围
进行时:rounding 过去式:rounded 过去分词:rounded 第三人称单数:rounds 名词复数:rounds 比较级:rounder 最高级:roundest
- Round things are either shaped like circles or have curves, like a baby's round belly or a round basketball.
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- n. 圆；循环；一回合；圆形物
- adj. 圆的
- adv. 在周围
- vt. 绕行；
- prep. 附近；在…周围
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1. a round plate
圆盘子
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2. The fruit are small and round.
这种水果小而圆。
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3. I'll be round in an hour.
我过一个小时就到。
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4. People stood round waiting for something to happen.
人们在各处站着，等待着发生什么事情。
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5. Well, in round figures,(= not giving the exact figures)two thousand .
嗯，说个约数吧，二千块。
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6. How do you make the wheels go round?
你是怎么让轮子转起来的？
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7. Pass the biscuits round.
把饼干传给大家。
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8. Have we enough cups to go round?
我们的杯子够大家用吗？
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9. The earth moves round the sun.
地球绕着太阳转。
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10. He has to organize his life round the kids.
他不得不以孩子们为中心来安排自己的生活。
- round (adj.) late 13c., from Anglo-French rounde, Old French roont (12c., Modern French rond), probably originally *redond, from Vulgar Latin *retundus (source also of Provençal redon, Spanish redondo, Old Italian ritondo), from Latin rotundus "like a wheel, circular, round," related to rota "wheel" (see rotary).
- round (n.) early 14c., "a spherical body," from round (adj.) and Old French roond. Compare Dutch rond, Danish and Swedish rund, German runde, all nouns from adjectives. Meaning "large round piece of beef" is recorded from 1650s. Theatrical sense (in phrase in the round) is recorded from 1944. Sense of "circuit performed by a sentinel" is from 1590s; that of "recurring course of time" is from 1710. Meaning "song sung by two or more, beginning at different times" is from 1520s. Golfing sense attested from 1775. Meaning "quantity of liquor served to a company at one time" is from 1630s; that of "single bout in a fight or boxing match" is from 1812; "single discharge of a firearm" is from 1725. Sense of "recurring session of meetings or negotiations" is from 1964.
- round (v.) late 14c., "to make round," from round (adj.). Sense of "make a circuit round" is from 1590s. Sense of "bring to completeness" is from c. 1600; meaning "to approximate (a number)" is from 1934. Meaning "turn round and face, turn on and assault" is from 1882. Round out "fill up" is from 1856. Related: Rounded; rounding.
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