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1. Oxford Dictionary

   roundabout

   • IPA[ˈraʊndəbaʊt]

   英式

   • n.
     a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it.；a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on.
   • adj.
     not following a short direct route; circuitous；not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory

   • noun: roundabout, plural noun: roundabouts

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. British a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. turn right at the next roundabout 同義詞 rotary, traffic circle
   • 2. British a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on.
   • ▪ British a revolving machine with model horses or cars on which people ride for amusement; a merry-go-round. 同義詞 merry-go-round, carousel, archaicwhirligig

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. not following a short direct route; circuitous we need to take a roundabout route to throw off any pursuit 同義詞 circuitous, indirect, meandering, winding, serpentine, ... 更多tortuous, rareanfractuous反義詞 straight
   • ▪ not saying what is meant clearly and directly; circumlocutory in a roundabout way, he was fishing for information 同義詞 indirect, oblique, circuitous, circumlocutory, periphrastic, ... 更多meandering, discursive, digressive, long-winded, evasive, rarecircumlocutionary, ambagious反義詞 direct