round about

基本解释

A golden bell and a pomegranate， a golden bell and a pomegranate， upon the hem of the robe round about.
一个金铃铛一个石榴，一个金铃铛一个石榴，在袍子周围的底边上。
Anyhow, when my father came, we would be content with wandering round about his entourage and in the company of his servants.
不管怎样，父亲回到家，我们能在他周围走来走去，能和他的仆人在一起，我们就心满意足了。
And when he was come, the Jews which came down from Jerusalem stood round about, and laid many and grievous complaints against Paul, which they could not prove.
保罗来了，那些从耶路撒冷下来的犹太人，周围站着，将许多重大的事控告他，都是不能证实的。

"And the box was open and there were probably about five or six of these little round, yummy-smelling warm doughnuts in there.
I look at the plate on my kitchen table, it's not perfectly round, it's got imperfections; but suddenly I start thinking about circles, perfectly round objects.
我看着我餐桌上的盘子,它不是正圆的,它不完美,但是我马上就可以想到圆圈,正圆的东西
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Well, there's an explanation of how it could be that things that are not themselves perfectly round could remind us, could make us think about perfect roundness.
这也许解释了为什么有些,本身并不是那么圆的东西,会让我们想到正圆这个型相
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The rough waters round about claimed numerous lives and were sung about in 17th-century laments.
ECONOMIST: The Fastnet Lighthouse: Light on a lonely rock

If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive around it until you come to the road that you want.
A roundabout at an amusement park is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go around and around.
A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin around.