round
- adj.圆形的;整数的;环形的;圆弧的;球形的;弧形的;尾数是0(或5)的
- adv.周围;在周围;旋转;围绕;环绕;到处;依次;周长;兜圈子;到某地，在某地（尤指居住地）;绕弯;调转方向;绕一整圈
- prep.在…周围;围绕;环绕;绕过;适应;包围;在…各处;在另一侧
- n.(拳击或摔跤比赛的)回合;阶段;场;轮次;局;一阵;一轮比赛，一局;圆形物体;轮唱曲;（收发信函等的）固定路线;一巡饮料;一次射击;一整片面包;一系列常规活动;比赛阶段
- v.把(数字)四舍五入;绕过;变圆;(使)成圆形;绕行;(将数字调高或调低)使成为整数
复数： rounds 最高级： roundest 比较级： rounder 派生词： roundness n. 过去式： rounded 现在分词： rounding 过去分词： rounded 第三人称单数： rounds
roundadj.
圆形的；环形的；球形的
shaped like a circle or a ball
a round plate
圆盘子
These glasses suit people with round faces.
这款眼镜适合圆脸的人。
The fruit are small and round.
这种水果小而圆。
Rugby isn't played with a round ball.
橄榄球比赛用的不是圆球。
the discovery that the world is round
地球是圆的这一发现
The child was watching it all with big round eyes (= showing interest) .
这孩子睁着又大又圆的眼睛看着这一切。
a T-shirt with a round neck
圆领T恤衫
弧形的；圆弧的
having a curved shape
the round green hills of Donegal
多尼戈尔那些圆圆的绿山冈
round brackets (= in writing)
圆括号
She had a small mouth and round pink cheeks.
她的嘴小小的，圆脸蛋红红的。
整数的；尾数是0（或5）的
a round figure or amount is one that is given as a whole number, usually one ending in 0 or 5
Make it a round figure─say forty dollars.
凑个整数——就四十块钱吧。
Two thousand is a nice round number─put that down.
两千是个不错的整数——记下吧。
Well, in round figures (= not giving the exact figures) we've spent twenty thousand so far.
嗯，说个约数吧，我们至今花了有两万了。
His face had lost its boyish roundness.
他的脸已不是小时候那副圆圆的娃娃脸了。
adv.
旋转；环绕；兜圈子
moving in a circle
Everybody joins hands and dances round.
大家手拉着手，围成一圈跳舞。
How do you make the wheels go round?
你是怎么让轮子转起来的？
The children were spinning round and round .
孩子们一个劲地转呀转。
The thought kept going round and round in her head.
这个想法一直萦绕在她的心头。
周长；周围；绕一整圈
measuring or marking the edge or outside of sth
a young tree measuring only 18 inches round
周长只有18英寸的小树
They've built a high fence all round to keep intruders out.
他们在周围竖起了高高的围墙，以防外人进入。
在周围；围绕
on all sides of sb/sth
A large crowd had gathered round to watch.
一大群人聚在周围观看。
到处；四处
at various places in an area
People stood round waiting for something to happen.
人们在各处站着，等待着发生什么事情。
调转方向；转过来
in a circle or curve to face another way or the opposite way
He turned the car round and drove back again.
他调转车头，又开了回来。
She looked round at the sound of his voice.
听到他的声音，她扭头看了看。
绕弯；迂回；向另一侧
to the other side of sth
We walked round to the back of the house.
我们绕到房子的后面。
The road's blocked─you'll have to drive the long way round .
这条路被堵了——你们得开车绕着走了。
依次；挨个
from one place, person, etc. to another
They've moved all the furniture round.
他们把所有的家具搬动了一遍。
He went round interviewing people about local traditions.
他到处找人访谈，了解当地的传统。
Pass the biscuits round.
把饼干传给大家。
Have we enough cups to go round ?
我们的杯子够大家用吗？
到某地，在某地（尤指居住地）
to or at a particular place, especially where sb lives
I'll be round in an hour.
我过一个小时就到。
We've invited the Frasers round this evening.
我们已经邀请了弗雷泽一家今晚过来。
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环绕；围绕
in a circle
the first woman to sail round the world
第一位环球航行的女性
The earth moves round the sun.
地球围绕太阳旋转。
绕过；在另一侧
on, to or from the other side of sth
Our house is round the next bend.
前面一拐弯就是我们家。
There she is, coming round the corner.
她来了，绕过拐角过来了。
There must be a way round the problem.
这个问题一定有办法解决。
在…周围；包围
on all sides of sb/sth; surrounding sb/sth
She put her arms round him.
她张开双臂搂住他。
He had a scarf round his neck.
他脖子上围着条围巾。
They were all sitting round the table.
他们都坐在桌子周围。
在…各处；到…各部分
in or to many parts of sth
She looked all round the room.
她将房间四下打量了一下。
适应；围绕（人、思想等）
to fit in with particular people, ideas, etc.
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。
near where you are now or where you live
附近没有什么像样的学校。
There are no decent schools round here.
noun
进程 stage in process
阶段；轮次
a set of events which form part of a longer process
the next round of peace talks
下一轮和谈
the final round of voting in the election
选举的最后一轮投票
体育运动 in sport
比赛阶段；轮次；局；场
a stage in a sports competition
the qualifying rounds of the National Championships
全国锦标赛的资格赛
Hewitt was knocked out of the tournament in the third round.
休伊特在锦标赛的第三轮被淘汰出局。
（拳击或摔跤比赛的）回合
a stage in a boxing or wrestling match
The fight only lasted five rounds.
比赛只持续了五个回合。
（高尔夫球、马术场地障碍赛等的）一轮比赛，一局
a complete game of golf ; a complete way around the course in some other sports, such as showjumping
We played a round of golf.
我们打了一场高尔夫球。
the first horse to jump a clear round
干净利落地完成整套跳跃表演的第一匹马
惯常的活动 / 路线 regular activities/route
一系列常规活动；惯常的活动
a regular series of activities
the daily round of school life
学校的日常生活
Her life is one long round of parties and fun.
她的生活就是没完没了的聚会娱乐。
（收发信函等的）固定路线；照例要出去做的一系列事情
a regular route that sb takes when delivering or collecting sth; a regular series of visits that sb makes
Dr Green was on her daily ward rounds .
格林医生照例在查房。
a postman on his delivery round
正在投递邮件的邮递员
饮料 drinks
（由一人给大家买的）一巡饮料
a number of drinks bought by one person for all the others in a group
a round of drinks
一巡饮料
It's my round (= it is my turn to pay for the next set of drinks) .
这一巡轮到我了。
面包 bread
一整片面包；（两整片面包做的）三明治
a whole slice of bread; sandwiches made from two whole slices of bread
Who's for another round of toast?
谁还要烤面包片？
two rounds of beef sandwiches
两份牛排三明治
圆 circle
圆形物体；圆块
a round object or piece of sth
Cut the pastry into rounds.
将油酥饼切成圆块。
掌声；欢呼声 of applause/cheers
一阵
a short period during which people show their approval of sb/sth by clapping, etc.
There was a great round of applause when the dance ended.
舞蹈结束的时候，爆发出了一阵热烈的掌声。
射击 shot
一次射击；一发子弹
a single shot from a gun; a bullet for one shot
They fired several rounds at the crowd.
他们朝人群开了几枪。
We only have three rounds of ammunition left.
我们只剩下三发子弹了。
歌曲 song
轮唱曲
a song for two or more voices in which each sings the same tune but starts at a different time
verb
绕行；绕过
to go around a corner of a building, a bend in the road, etc.
The boat rounded the tip of the island.
小船绕过岛的尖角。
We rounded the bend at high speed.
我们高速驶过这段弯路。
（使）成圆形；变圆
to make sth into a round shape; to form into a round shape
She rounded her lips and whistled.
她撮起嘴唇吹口哨。
His eyes rounded with horror.
他吓得两眼圆睁。
（将数字调高或调低）使成为整数；把（数字）四舍五入
to increase or decrease a number to the next highest or lowest whole number
突然责骂（或指责）
to suddenly speak angrily to sb and criticize or attack them
He rounded on journalists, calling them ‘a pack of vultures’.
他突然对记者大发雷霆，称他们是一帮乘人之危的家伙。
Around and round can often be used with the same meaning in BrE , though around is more formal.在北美英语中，表示上述意思只能用around。
The earth goes round/around the sun.
地球绕着太阳转。
They live round/around the corner.
他们住在拐角附近。
We travelled round/around India.
我们在印度各地旅行。
She turned round/around when I came in.
我进来时她转过身来。
Around, round and about can also sometimes be used with the same meaning in BrE .在北美英语中，表示上述意思只能用around。在英国英语和北美英语中，about或around均可表示大约：
The kids were running around/round/about outside.
孩子们在外面跑来跑去。
I’ve been waiting around/round/about to see her all day.
为了要见到她，我等了一整天。
We left around/about 8 o’clock.
我们在8点钟左右离开了。
round
PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES 介词和副词用法
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Round is an adverb and preposition that has the same meanings as ‘around’. Round is often used with verbs of movement, such as ‘walk’ and ‘drive’, and also in phrasal verbs such as ‘get round’ and ‘hand round’. Round is commoner in British English than American English, and it is slightly more informal.
round用作副词和介词时与around同义。round常与表示动作的动词连用，如walk和drive，同时也可以用在get round和hand round之类的动词词组中。round在英国英语中比在美国英语中更常用，且略显不正式。
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PREP 在…周围;围绕
To be positioned round a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move round a place means to go along its edge, back to the point where you started.They were sitting round the kitchen table...
他们正围坐在餐桌旁。
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PREP 绕过;到…的另一边
If you move round a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look round a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side.Suddenly a car came round a corner on the opposite side...
突然，对面的街角处拐过一辆汽车。
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PREP 在…各处;遍及;在…附近
You use round to say that something happens in or relates to different parts of a place, or is near a place.He happens to own half the land round here...
他恰好拥有这里一半的土地。
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ADV 环绕地;旋转地
If a wheel or object spins round, it turns on its axis.Holes can be worn remarkably quickly by a wheel going round at 60mph...
以每小时60英里的速度前进的车轮很快就会磨出洞来。
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ADV 朝反方向地;转身地
If you turn round, you turn so that you are facing or going in the opposite direction.She paused, but did not turn round...
她停了一下，但是并没有转身。
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ADV 向不同方向地;四处地
If you move things round, you move them so they are in different places.He will be glad to refurnish where possible, change things round and redecorate...
他会很乐意尽可能添置些家具，把东西挪一挪，然后重新装饰。
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ADV 逐一，挨个（传递）
If you hand or pass something round, it is passed from person to person in a group.John handed round the plate of sandwiches.
约翰把那盘三明治传给大家。
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ADV 去，到，至（某人的家）
If you go round to someone's house, you visit them.I think we should go round and tell Kevin to turn his music down...
我觉得我们应该去凯文家让他把音乐的声音调小一些。
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ADV 在某处（无所事事）
You use round in informal expressions such as sit round or hang round when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and is not doing anything very important.As we sat round chatting, I began to think I'd made a mistake...
当我们坐在那里聊天时，我开始认为自己犯了一个错误。
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round，about和around用作介词和副词时有多种用法，常用于构成短语动词。在大多数情况下，这3个词没有意义上的区别。在美国英语中around比round常用得多。about，around和round均可用于表示没有特定方向的随意运动：It's so romantic up there, flying around in a small plane (乘着小飞机四处翱翔，多么浪漫啊)，I spent a couple of hours driving round Richmond (我开车在里士满四处转了几个小时)，Police constables walk about with guns on their hips. (警察们胯上别着枪巡逻)。around，about 用作副词可以表示事物通常就在眼前或近在手边，此时不用round，There is a lot of talent around at the moment (目前有很多现成的人才)，There are not that many jobs about (现在并没有那么多的工作机会)。
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PREP 以…为基础;基于
If something is built or based round a particular idea, that idea is the basis for it.That was for a design built round an existing American engine...
那是用在以现有的一种美国发动机为基础的设计之上的。
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PREP 克服;解决
If you get round a problem or difficulty, you find a way of dealing with it.Don't just immediately give up but think about ways round a problem...
不要马上放弃，应该想想解决问题的办法。
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ADV （想法等）转过来，发生改变
If you win someone round, or if they come round, they change their mind about something and start agreeing with you.He did his best to talk me round, but I wouldn't speak to him...
他竭力想要说服我改变主意，但是我不愿意跟他讲话。
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ADV （用于描述以前发生过或定期发生的事情）
You use round in expressions such as this time round or to come round when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly.In the past, the elections have been marked by hundreds of murders, but this time round the violence has been much more limited...
在过去，这些选举中总是会发生数百起谋杀案，但这一次暴力事件已经非常少了。
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PREP 周长;围
You can use round to give the measurement of the outside of something that is shaped like a circle or a cylinder.I'm about two inches larger round the waist.
我的腰围大概粗了两英寸。
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ADV 大约;大概
You use round in front of times or amounts to indicate that they are approximate.I go to bed round 11:00 at night.
我大约晚上11点上床睡觉。
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PREP-PHRASE 大约;大概
In spoken English, round about means approximately.Round about one and a half million people died.
大概有150万人死亡。
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PHRASE 处处;所有;整个
You say all round to emphasize that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.It ought to make life much easier all round...
它应该会让生活的方方面面都变得更加方便。
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PHRASE (在脑海里)萦绕，挥之不去
If you say that something is going round and round in your head, you mean that you can't stop thinking about it.It all keeps going round and round in my head till I don't know where I am.
这一直在我脑海里萦绕，直到我不知身在何处。
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PHRASE 全年;一年到头
If something happens all year round, it happens throughout the year.Many of these plants are evergreen, so you can enjoy them all year round...
这些植物中有很多都是四季常青的，所以一年到头都可以观赏。
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round the corner→ see:corner
NOUN USES 名词用法
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N-COUNT 一连串，一系列，一轮(相关的事件，尤指相继发生的事件)
A round of events is a series of related events, especially one which comes after or before a similar series of events.It was agreed that another round of preliminary talks would be held in Peking...
经协商，新一轮的预备会谈将在北京举行。
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N-COUNT (比赛的)轮，局，场
In sport, a round is a series of games in a competition. The winners of these games go on to play in the next round, and so on, until only one player or team is left....in the third round of the Pilkington Cup...
在皮尔金顿杯的第3轮比赛中
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N-COUNT (拳击、摔跤比赛的)回合
In a boxing or wrestling match, a round is one of the periods during which the boxers or wrestlers fight.He was declared the victor in the 11th round...
在第11回合中，他被宣布获胜。
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N-COUNT (高尔夫球赛的)一场
A round of golf is one game, usually including 18 holes....two rounds of golf...
两场高尔夫球赛
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N-COUNT 圆形物
A round is a circular shape....small fresh rounds of goats' cheese...
新鲜的小块圆形山羊奶酪
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N-COUNT 一片(面包)；一个（三明治）
A round of bread is a slice of bread. A round of sandwiches is a sandwich made from two slices of bread....four rounds of toast.
4片吐司
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N-COUNT 四处拜访;到处走访
If you do your rounds or your round, you make a series of visits to different places or people, for example as part of your job.The consultants still did their morning rounds...
这些顾问们上午仍然四处走访。
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N-COUNT (为在场同伴买的)一巡（饮料）
If you buy a round of drinks, you buy a drink for each member of the group of people that you are with.They sat on the clubhouse terrace, downing a round of drinks...
他们坐在俱乐部会所的露台上，大口喝着别人请的饮料。
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N-COUNT 一发(子弹);一次（射击）
A round of ammunition is the bullet or bullets released when a gun is fired....firing 1650 rounds of ammunition during a period of ten minutes.
在10分钟之内打出了1,650发子弹
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N-COUNT 一阵（掌声）
If there is a round of applause, everyone claps their hands to welcome someone or to show that they have enjoyed something.Sue got a sympathetic round of applause.
休得到了一片赞成的掌声。
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N-COUNT 轮唱曲
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PHRASE (故事、想法或玩笑)传播，流传，传开
If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.This story was going the rounds 20 years ago.
20年前，这个故事广为流传。
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PHRASE 到各处去;巡回参观
If you make the rounds or do the rounds, you visit a series of different places.After school, I had picked up Nick and Ted and made the rounds of the dry cleaner and the grocery store...
放学以后，我接了尼克和特德，然后又去了干洗店和杂货店。
ADJECTIVE USES 形容词用法
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ADJ-GRADED 圆的;圆形的;球形的
Something that is round is shaped like a circle or ball.She had small feet and hands and a flat, round face.
她的手脚都很小，脸又扁又圆。
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ADJ-GRADED (眼睛)瞪圆的，圆睁的
If someone has round eyes, their eyes are open wide, for example because they are surprised, excited, or afraid.The boy sucked his thumb and stared at Hebburn with huge, round eyes.
男孩吮吸着拇指，瞪圆了大眼睛盯着赫本。
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ADJ 整数的，不计尾数的(以10的倍数表示)
A round number is a multiple of 10, 100, 1000, and so on. Round numbers are used instead of precise ones to give the general idea of a quantity or proportion.A million pounds seemed a suitably round number.
100万英镑看起来是一个比较合适的整数。
VERB USES 动词用法
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VERB 绕过;绕行;绕道
If you round a place or obstacle, you move in a curve past the edge or corner of it.The house disappeared from sight as we rounded a corner...
我们绕过街角就看不到那座房子了。
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VERB 取整;四舍五入
If you round an amount up or down, or if you round it off, you change it to the nearest whole number or nearest multiple of 10, 100, 1000 and so on.We needed to do decimals to round up and round down numbers...
我们得把小数四舍五入成整数。
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See also:rounded
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- the usual activities in your day
- the doctor made his rounds
- Synonym: daily round
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- the activity of playing 18 holes of golf
- a round of golf takes about 4 hours
- Synonym: round of golf
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- (often plural) a series of professional calls (usually in a set order)
- the doctor goes on his rounds first thing every morning
- the postman's rounds
- we enjoyed our round of the local bars
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- any circular or rotating mechanism
- the machine punched out metal circles
- Synonym: circle
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- a charge of ammunition for a single shot
- Synonym: unit of ammunition one shot
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- a crosspiece between the legs of a chair
- Synonym: rung stave
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- an outburst of applause
- there was a round of applause
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- a partsong in which voices follow each other;one voice starts and others join in one after another until all are singing different parts of the song at the same time
- they enjoyed singing rounds
- Synonym: troll
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- a cut of beef between the rump and the lower leg
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- a serving to each of a group (usually alcoholic)
- he ordered a second round
- Synonym: round of drinks
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- a regular route for a sentry or policeman
- in the old days a policeman walked a beat and knew all his people by name
- Synonym: beat
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- the course along which communications spread
- the story is going the rounds in Washington
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- (sports) a division during which one team is on the offensive
- Synonym: turn bout
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- an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
- the never-ending cycle of the seasons
- Synonym: cycle rhythm
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- become round, plump, or shapely
- The young woman is fleshing out
- Synonym: flesh out fill out
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- make round
- round the edges
- Synonym: round out round off
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- express as a round number
- round off the amount
- Synonym: round off round down round out
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- bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state
- polish your social manners
- Synonym: polish round off polish up brush up
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- attack in speech or writing
- The editors of the left-leaning paper attacked the new House Speaker
- Synonym: attack assail lash out snipe assault
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- pronounce with rounded lips
- Synonym: labialize labialise
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- wind around;move along a circular course
- round the bend
adj
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- (mathematics) expressed to the nearest integer, ten, hundred, or thousand
- in round numbers
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- (of sounds) full and rich
- orotund tones
- the rotund and reverberating phrase
- pear-shaped vowels
- Synonym: orotund rotund pear-shaped
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- having a circular shape
- Synonym: circular
adv
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- from beginning to end;throughout
- It rains all year round on Skye
- frigid weather the year around
- Synonym: around
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An oak tree cast its shadow over a tiny round pool
一棵橡树的影子投射在一洼圆形的小水池上。
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The echo rebounded from the round wall .
回声从圆形的墙壁上传回。
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He 'll never come round to our way of thinking .
他绝不会改变观点与我们的想法一致。
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There must be a way round the problem .
这个问题一定有办法解决。
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Her life is one long round of parties and fun .
她的生活就是没完没了的聚会娱乐。
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Losing in the first round was a shock to the system .
首轮失利让人大为震惊。
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This time round it was not so easy .
这一次这事可就不那么容易了。
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Are you sure you 've got that on the right way round ?
你能肯定你没有穿反吗？
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Two thousand is a nice round number ─ put that down .
两千是个不错的整数——记下吧。
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The thought kept going round and round in her head .
这个想法一直萦绕在她的心头。
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He repeated none of the errors he 'd made first time round .
他没有重复过首次所犯下的任何错误。
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A good second round brought him level with the tournament leader .
他第二轮发挥良好，与锦标赛领先选手得分持平。
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We finally managed to talk them round to our way of thinking .
我们最后总算说服他们接受我们的想法。
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Bring the family round one evening ; we 'd love to meet them .
哪天晚上带全家人来坐坐，我们很想见见他们。
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The child was watching it all with big round eyes .
这孩子睁着又大又圆的眼睛看着这一切。
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We can get six people round this table at a pinch .
必要时，这张桌子可以坐六个人。
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The children have been driving me round the bend today .
孩子们今天快把我气疯了。
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We went the long way round .
我们绕了一个大圈子。
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We did the round trip in two hours .
我们两小时打了个来回。
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We walked round to the back of the house .
我们绕到房子的后面。
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She shot a 75 in the first round .
她在第一场比赛中击出75杆。
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The team suffered a shock defeat in the first round .
球队首轮失利，十分意外。
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How do you make the wheels go round ?
你是怎么让轮子转起来的？
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He has a round face with a high forehead .
他圆脸，高额头。
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He knocked his opponent down three times in the first round .
他第一局就将对手击倒三次。
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I managed to swing them round to my point of view .
我设法使他们转而接受了我的观点。
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Call them and save yourself the bother of going round .
给他们打个电话就免得你亲自去了。
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Make it a round figure ─ say forty dollars .
凑个整数——就四十块钱吧。
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He turned the car round and drove back again .
他调转车头，又开了回来。
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She looked round at the sound of his voice .
听到他的声音，她扭头看了看。
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