around

美 [ə'raʊnd]

英 [ə'raʊnd]

adv.周围；围绕；大约；到处
prep.围绕；到处；环绕；绕着
网络在周围；在附近；四周

同义词

prep.

about,all around,close to,near,all over

adv.

in,here,present,from place to place,from one place to another

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英汉

英英

around

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adv.

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about

round

1.	大约approximately

	He arrived around five o'clock. 他大约是五点钟到的。
	The cost would be somewhere around £1 500. 费用要在 1 500 英镑上下。

2.	周围；四周on every side; surrounding sb/sth

	I could hear laughter all around. 我可以听见周围的笑声。
	a yard with a fence all around 四周围着栅栏的院子

3.	围绕；环绕moving in a circle

How do you make the wheels go around?

你怎样使这些轮子转动起来？

4.	以圆周计算measured in a circle

an old tree that was at least ten feet around

合抱至少十英尺的古树

5.	到处；向各处in or to many places

	We were all running around trying to get ready in time. 我们东奔西跑，望能按时准备就绪。
	This is our new office─Kay will show you around. 这是我们的新办公室，凯会带你参观一下。
	There were papers lying around all over the floor. 地板上四处散乱着文件。

6.	闲散地；无目的地used to describe activities that have no real purpose

There were several young people sitting around looking bored.

有几个年轻人闲坐着，一副无聊的样子。

7.	出现；现有；可用present in a place; available

	There was more money around in those days. 那年头比现在富裕。
	I knocked but there was no one around. 我敲了门，但是没有人应门。
	Digital television has been around for some time now. 数字电视已经面市一段时间了。

8.	（体育运动、专业等中）走红的，活跃的active and well known in a sport, profession, etc.

	a new tennis champion who could be around for a long time 可能会走红很长时期的新网球冠军
	She's been around as a film director since the 1980s. 自 20 世纪 80 年代以来她一直是活跃在影坛的著名导演。

9.	转弯；掉转；掉头in a circle or curve to face another way or the opposite way

	She turned the car around and drove off. 她把轿车掉头开走了。
	They looked around when he called. 他呼喊时他们回头张望。

IDM

have been around

阅历世事；饱经世故to have gained knowledge and experience of the world

prep.

1.	围绕；环绕surrounding sb/sth; on each side of sth

	The house is built around a central courtyard. 这房子是围绕着中央的庭院而建的。
	He put his arms around her. 他搂着她。

2.	在那边；到那边；从那边on, to or from the other side of sb/sth

	Our house is just around the corner. 过了拐角就是我们的房子。
	The bus came around the bend. 公共汽车从拐弯处驶来。
	There must be a way around the problem. 肯定有解决这个问题的办法。

3.	绕着in a circle

They walked around the lake.

他们绕着湖边行走。

4.	到处；向各处in or to many places in an area

They walked around the town looking for a place to eat.

他们在城里到处寻找吃饭的地方。

5.	同…一致；适合；符合to fit in with particular people, ideas, etc.

I can't arrange everything around your timetable!

我不可能事事都按着你的时刻表安排！