Around
[ə'raʊnd]
解释:
(adv.) in circumference; 'the trunk is ten feet around'; 'the pond is two miles around'.
(adv.) by a circular or circuitous route; 'He came all the way around the base'; 'the road goes around the pond'.
(adv.) in a circle or circular motion; 'The wheels are spinning around'.
(adv.) to a particular destination either specified or understood; 'she came around to see me'; 'I invited them around for supper'.
伊夫林整理--From WordNet
解释:
(adv.) In a circle; circularly; on every side; round.
(adv.) In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town.
(adv.) Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place.
(prep.) On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.
(prep.) From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner.
艾娜录入
同义词及近义词:
ad. Round, on every side, on all sides, in a circle, right and left.
prep. [1]. About, round, encircling, encompassing, surrounding, on every side of.[2]. All over, in all parts of.
编辑:罗德里克
同义词及反义词:
SYN:About, environing, encircling
ANT:Within, amid, among
整理:露丝
解释:
prep. on all sides of: (Amer.) round about.—adv. on every side: in a circle: (Amer.) round all about
埃斯蒂斯整理
例句:
- Night also closed around; and when I could hardly see the dark mountains, I felt still more gloomily. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- I passed to the altered days when I was so blest as to find friends in all around me, and to be beloved. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- She started to look around. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He had a red-and-black handkerchief around his neck. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- And she looked around as if longing to tell him so. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
- His mouth, around which many a dimple played, was large enough to add to that manliness of expression, for which he was so celebrated. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- What with loss of sleep, arduous exercise, and a full belly, Tarzan of the Apes slept the sun around, awakening about noon of the following day. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- When the notes were due, a messenger came around from the bank with the note and a protest pinned to it for $1. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- No one can carry around with him a museum of all the things whose properties will assist the conduct of thought. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It has been around twice now. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- He ran his thumbnail around the edge of the box and, opening the lid, handed them to Pablo who took half a dozen. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- How they must have tugged at the pitiless fetters as the fierce fires surged around them! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The priest was standing, and those who were left were kneeling in a half circle around him and they were all praying. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- I turned and rode around the block the other way, so as to meet the head of the column. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The room was darkening to his sight; the world was narrowing around him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
- Let them look abroad and contemplate the scenes which were enacting around them. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- You could remember the men you knew who died in the fighting around Pozoblanco; but it was a joke at Gaylord's. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- Before a lobster is cooked he is green, that being the color of the rocks around which he lives on the bottom of the ocean. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- He trembled pitifully as the undertaker's man was arranging his crape draperies around him. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
- This was done by sending a large force around our right, by the way of Dallas, to reach the rear of the enemy. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Nothing more they found, and it was a thoroughly awed and frightened group of savages which huddled around their king a few moments later. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- As there was no limit to the distance that electricity would travel there seemed no reason why these dots and dashes, or sparks and spaces, should not be sent all around the world. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- The lightning is made his swift messenger, and thought flashes in submarine depths around the world. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The tall English driver came around and looked in, I'll take it very easily, he said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
- The others crowded around him, and even two who had hold of Gurth relaxed their grasp while they stretched their necks to see the issue of the search. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- In those days the natives around these forests (who were half Indian and half Negro) happened to find some of this juice sticking on the tree. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But look around you at this place. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- He was fat and looked shopworn around the nose and mouth as though he had hayfever. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
埃斯蒂斯整理