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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- around
[ə'raund]
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1.
adverb
(about) 到处
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They wandered around.
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他们到处闲逛。
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2.
preposition
(encircling) 围绕
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We were sitting around a table.
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我们正围绕桌子坐着。
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It measures fifteen feet around the trunk.
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树干合抱有15英尺。
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3.
preposition
(near) 在附近
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We don't live around here.
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我们不住在附近。
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4.
preposition
(about，roughly) (with numbers，weights，times，dates) 大约
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There were around 200 people.
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大约有200人。
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It was around 5 o'clock.
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那时大约5点钟。
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is he around?
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他在吗？
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- around
[əˈraʊnd]
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1.
adverb
在周围，在附近
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Virtually every change in land ownership around the town involved them in some way or other.
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实际上，小镇附近土地所有权的每次改变都或多或少和他们有关。
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2.
adverb
环绕地，围绕地
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We had to walk all the way around the school.
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我们需要绕着校园走下去。
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He came all the way around the base.
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他一路绕着基地来到这里。
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The road goes around the pond.
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这条路环绕着池塘。
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3.
adverb
[Spoken]
四处，各处
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Walking around the exhibition on the first day, I was quite surprised at the variety of work that was displayed.
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第一天四处观看展览时，展览作品的种类之多让我惊讶。
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He needs advice from someone who's been around.
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他需要周围的人给他些建议。
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She sleeps around.
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她到处跟人睡觉。
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News gets around (or about).
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消息四处传开。
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4.
adverb
旋转地，按照圆形转动地
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He would spin the book around on the tip of his finger.
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他会让那本书在自己的指尖上旋转。
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The wheels are spinning around.
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轮子在飞速旋转。
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5.
adverb
[American English]
大约，大概
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Around an hour later we were back on site.
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大约一小时后，我们回到了场地。
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6.
adverb
[American English]
[Spoken]
朝相反方向地
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She turned around and looked me in the eye.
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她转过身来看着我的眼睛。
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Suddenly she turned around.
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她突然转过身来。
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7.
adverb
[American English]
[Spoken]
到某特定地点地
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He usually comes around once a week.
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他通常每星期来一次。
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I invited them around for supper.
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我邀请了他们来吃晚饭。
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She came around to see me.
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她回来看我。
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8.
adverb
[American English]
[Spoken]
到处，遍及
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The covers have been installed around a quadrangle at the heart of the school.
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顶盖安装在学校中心的一个四方院周围。
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She looked around her.
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她四处寻找她。
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There were trees growing all around.
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四周都长着树。
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9.
adverb
以圆周计算
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My waist is 78cm around.
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我的腰围是78厘米。
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The pond is two miles around.
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池塘大约在两英里外。
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The trunk is ten feet around.
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衣箱大约在十步外。
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10.
adverb
始终，从头到尾地
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11.
adverb
逐一，挨次
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12.
adverb
[Spoken]
存在地，现存地；活着地
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13.
adverb
流通地，可利用地，可得到地
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14.
preposition
在……周围，在……附近；环绕，围绕
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15.
preposition
[American English]
[Spoken]
大约，大概
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16.
preposition
在……到处，遍及
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17.
preposition
[American English]
[Spoken]
绕过
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18.
preposition
在……身边，靠近
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19.
preposition
克服
Collins English-English Dictionary
- around
[ə'raυnd]
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1.
prep
situated at various points in
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a lot of shelves around the house
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2.
prep
from place to place in
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driving around Ireland
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3.
prep
somewhere in or near
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to stay around the house
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4.
prep
approximately in
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it happened around 1957, I think
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5.
adv
surrounding, encircling, or enclosing
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a band around her head
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6.
adv
in all directions from a point of reference
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he owns the land for ten miles around
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7.
adv
in the vicinity, esp restlessly but idly
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to wait around
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stand around
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8.
adv
here and there; in no particular place or direction
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dotted around
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9.
adv
[Spoken]
(of people) active and prominent in a particular area or profession
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some pop stars are around for only a few years
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10.
adv
[Spoken]
present in some place (the exact location being inexact)
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he's around here somewhere
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11.
adv
[Spoken]
in circulation; available
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that type of phone has been around for some years now
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12.
adv
[Spoken]
to many places, so as to have gained considerable experience, often of a worldly or social nature
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he gets around
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I've been around
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13.
adv
[Etymology]
C17 (rare earlier): from a-2 + round
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14.
adv
[Usage]
In American English, around is usually used instead of round in adverbial and prepositional senses, except in a few fixed phrases such as all year round. The use of around in adverbial senses is less common in British English
Examples
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Although he can't be around for Christmas, he really likes the yuletide feel all around.
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虽然他不能过圣诞节，但他真的很喜欢被圣诞季节气氛围绕的感觉。
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The moon orbits around the earth and the earth around the sun.
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月球绕着地球转，地球绕着太阳转。
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What goes around comes around; you get back what you give out.
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从哪来就会到哪去，付出了哪些就会得到哪些。
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The dervishes whirl around and around without getting dizzy.
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伊斯兰教的托钵僧能够不停地旋转而不会头晕。
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when dinosaurs were around
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当恐龙活着的时候
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around 1890
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1890年前后
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the year around
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一年到头
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