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

• 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。
• Instead they fly along motorways, turn at junctions and even go around roundabouts, adding miles to their journeys.
  相反，它们是沿着汽车路线飞行的。他们在路口处转弯，甚至还绕行环岛，多飞很长的路程。
• 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。
• 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。
• Well, it's swings and roundabouts, isn't it?
  嗯，此事既有得又有失，不是吗？
• What you gain on the swings you'll probably lose on the roundabouts.
  有所得也可能有所失。
• People who don't indicate off roundabouts.
  在交叉路口，不打方向指示灯的人（指车主）。
• It's a matter of swings and roundabouts.
  这是一个有所得也有所失的问题。
• What people gain on the roundabouts at work obviously matters more to them than what whey lose on the swings in family life.
  人们在工作中的所得，远远比在家庭生活中失去的重要得多。