roundabouts
n. roundabout的複數; 繞行路線,繞道,環狀交叉路( roundabout的名詞複數 )
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.
他今天啟程繞道去約旦,用不了多久還會去埃及。
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.
我們拐彎抹角地發了點牢騷。
...using indirect or roundabout language in place of a precise noun.
使用間接的、旁敲側擊的語言,而不是準確的名詞
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.
多掙錢就要多交稅, 有得有失.
What one loses on the swings one makes up on the roundaBouts.
在鞦韆上失去的可在旋轉木馬上賺回來(此處所失彼處補).
What you lose on the swings you get ( back ) on the roundabouts.
失之東 隅,收之桑榆.
And watch out for those traffic circles in Tampa but those roundabouts in Reading.
在威爾斯說看側翼鏡(wingmirror),但在羅?斯特說側視鏡(sidemirror).