around

[ə'raund]

prep.到处, 在 ... 附近, 围绕, 大约, 符合
adv.到处, 在周围, 现有, 闲散地, 转弯,掉头
adj.存在的, 在风行的

例句与用法：

I'll send someone to show you around.

我派人带你到周围转转。

It'll be finished around Christmas.

这事将在圣诞节前後完成。

He turned around as he heard a noise behind him.

他听到身后有响声，便转过身来。

I will visit you around Christmas.

我将在圣诞节前后去拜访你。

He looked around but could see nobody.

他四处望了一下，看不到什么人。

My sister is around your age.

我妹妹和你年龄相仿。

详细释义：

ad.

1. 到处, 四处

Just drive me around.

开车带我四处走走就行了。

2. 周围, 附近

Let me see if he is around.

我看看他是否在附近。

3. 向相反方向

She turned around to see who was calling her.

她转身看谁在叫她。

4. 环绕; 循环地

The windmill kept turning around.

风车不停地转动着。

5. 大约

The journey will take around ten days.

这次旅行大约要用十天时间。

prep.

1. 围绕, 环绕

They sat around the table.

他们围桌而坐。

2. 在……四处

Ann travelled around Europe for a few months.

安妮在欧洲各地旅游了数月。

3. 在……附近

She liked to work around her own home.

她喜欢在自己家附近工作。

4. 绕过

They went around the town, not through it.

他们没有穿过而是绕过该镇而行。

5. 大约, 将近

He went to the United States around 1987.

他大约是在一九八七年去美国的。

短语词组：

have been around

1. 见过世面; 老于世故

This guy has been around.

这家伙见过世面。