roundabouts
n. roundabout的复数; 绕行路线,绕道,环状交叉路( roundabout的名词复数 )
A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive round it until you come to the road that you want.
A roundabout at a fair is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go round and round.
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 round.
If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.
他今天启程绕道去约旦,用不了多久还会去埃及。
If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.
我们拐弯抹角地发了点牢骚。
...using indirect or roundabout language in place of a precise noun.
使用间接的、旁敲侧击的语言,而不是准确的名词
What you gain on the swings you'll probably lose on the roundabouts.
有所得也可能有所失.
Higherearnings mean more tax, so it's all swings and roundabouts.
多挣钱就要多交税, 有得有失.
What one loses on the swings one makes up on the roundaBouts.
在秋千上失去的可在旋转木马上赚回来(此处所失彼处补).
What you lose on the swings you get ( back ) on the roundabouts.
失之东 隅,收之桑榆.
And watch out for those traffic circles in Tampa but those roundabouts in Reading.
在威尔斯说看侧翼镜(wingmirror),但在罗?斯特说侧视镜(sidemirror).