[only before noun] a round number or figure is a whole number, often ending in
0 整数的〔常指 10 的倍数〕:
【例句】
Let's make it a round figure: say £50?
我们就凑个整数吧,50 英镑怎么样?
【例句】
Altogether, in round figures, there are about three thousand students here.
算整数,这儿总共大约有 3000 名学生。
noun
1.
【释义】
SERIES 系列, a round of events is a series of related events, which are part of a longer process
轮,轮次:
【例句】
a third round of peace talks
第三轮和平谈判
【例句】
the Government's latest round of expenditure cuts
政府最近一次的削减支出
2.
【释义】
COMPETITION 比赛, one of the parts of a competition that you have to finish or win before you can go on to the next part
〔比赛的〕轮,局,场
【例句】
I got beaten in the first round.
我在第一轮就被打败了。
【例句】
Two of their candidates made it through to the next round.
他们的参赛者中有两名进入了下一轮比赛。
【例句】
the final round of the championship
锦标赛的最后一轮比赛
3.
【释义】
REGULAR ACTIVITIES 惯常的活动, round of sth a round of activities is a regular series of activities, especially activities that are not very exciting
一系列常规活动; 惯常的活动:
【例句】
an endless round of meetings and interviews
没完没了的会议和采访
【例句】
He continued with his usual round of private and business engagements.
他生活依旧,除了私事就是公事。
【例句】
the daily round of commuting and shopping
每天上下班和购物的例行事务
4.
【释义】
VISITS 探访, rounds [pl.] the usual visits that someone, especially a doctor, regularly makes as part of their job
巡访; 〔尤指医生的〕定期巡诊:
【例句】
I'm sorry. The doctor is out on her rounds.
对不起,医生出去巡诊了。
5.
【释义】
round of applause, when people CLAP for a short time to show that they enjoyed something or approve of something
一阵掌声:
【例句】
She got a big round of applause .
她博得一阵热烈的掌声。
【例句】
The passengers gave the pilot a round of applause .
乘客给了飞行员一阵掌声。
6.
【释义】
GOLF 高尔夫球, a complete game of golf
一场〔指打完所有的洞〕:
【例句】
I played a round of golf on Sunday morning.
星期天早上我打了一场高尔夫球。
7.
【释义】
BOXING / WRESTLING 拳击/摔跤, one of the periods of fighting in a BOXING or WRESTLING match
〔拳击或摔跤比赛的〕一个回合
8.
【释义】
DRINKS 饮料, if you buy a round of drinks in a bar, you buy drinks for all the people in your group
〔在酒吧为同伴买的〕每人一份〔饮料〕:
【例句】
What are you having? It's my round.
你们喝什么?这一巡我请客。
9.
【释义】
do the rounds, [BrE informal] ; make the rounds [AmE] also go the rounds [BrE] if a story, idea, or illness does the rounds, it is passed on from one person to another
〔故事、观点或疾病〕传播,流传:
【例句】
a joke doing the rounds
一个在流传的笑话
10.
【释义】
do the rounds of sth, [BrE;] make the rounds of sth [AmE] to go around from one place to another, especially looking for work or advertising something
到处去〔尤指找工作或作广告〕:
【例句】
Ryan is making the rounds of talk shows to promote her new movie.
瑞安在做巡回访谈节目,宣传她的新片。
11.
【释义】
GUN SHOT 枪弹发射, a single shot from a gun, or a bullet for one shot
一枪; 一发:
【例句】
I've only got ten rounds of ammunition left.
我就剩十发子弹了。
【例句】
Richards fired a few rounds .
理查兹开了几枪。
12.
【释义】
CIRCLE 圆, something that has a circular shape
圆形物:
【例句】
Slice the potatoes into rounds.
把马铃薯切成圆形薄片。
13.
【释义】
FOOD / NEWSPAPERS / LETTERS ETC 食品/报纸/信件等, [BrE] a regular visit to a number of houses, offices etc to deliver or sell things
〔固定的〕递送路线:
【例句】
I used to do a paper round .
我以前送过报纸。
14.
【释义】
SONG 歌曲, a song for three or four singers, in which each one sings the same tune, starting at a different time
轮唱曲
15.
【释义】
round of sandwiches, [BrE] SANDWICHES made from two whole pieces of bread
〔用两整片面包做成的〕三明治
16.
【释义】
round of toast, [BrE] one whole piece of bread that has been TOASTED
一整片烤面包
17.
【释义】
in the round, a play that is performed in the round is performed on a central stage surrounded by the people watching it
舞台设在中央〔观众围绕在舞台四周〕
verb
1.
【释义】
[T] to go round something such as a bend or the corner of a building
环绕…而行,绕过,拐过:
【例句】
As they rounded the bend and came in sight of the river, Philip took her hand.
他们转过弯,看到河的时候,菲利普牵起了她的手。
【例句】
The tide was coming in as he rounded the rocks.
他绕过岩石的时候正在涨潮。
2.
【释义】
[T] to make something into a round shape
使成圆形:
【例句】
The stones were then rounded, polished and engraved.
接着把石头打圆,磨光,刻上图案。
3.
【释义】
[I] [written] if your eyes round, you open them wide because you are shocked, frightened etc