roundabout
adj[usu attrib 通常作定语]
not using the shortest or most direct route, form of words, etc 绕道的; 兜圈子的; 拐弯抹角的
take a roundabout route 绕远道
I heard the news in a roundabout way. 我是间接听到这消息的.
a roundabout way of saying sth 拐弯抹角的说某事. roundabout, n
1 (US also carousel, `merry-go-round, whirligig) revolving platform with model horses, cars, etc for children to ride on in a playground or at a funfair 旋转木马.
2 (US traffic circle, rotary) multiple road junction in the form of a circle round which all traffic has to pass in the same direction 环状交叉路(多条道路的交叉口, 车辆均须按相同方向绕行). =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page xiii. Cf 参看 circus 3.
3 (idm 习语) swings and roundabouts => swing2.
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马,加以驯服。
I had not laughed since I became deaf.
我耳聋后就从来没有笑过。
In cities he refused to travel in a rickshaw, a two-wheeled cart pulled by a bare-footed man.