round about meaning in English
adj. 绕大圈子的，迂回的(路等)；转弯抹角的，委婉的；包围着的，广泛包含的；长胖了的。
2.n. 迂回曲折的路，远路；转弯抹角的说法，婉转的说法；周游，圆形物，圆场，圆形阵营；团团围住的树篱；圆背靠椅；〔英国〕旋转木马；〔英国〕环状交叉路；〔美国〕(男用)短上衣 (lose on the swings what you make on the round-about 转木马得来打秋千失去；一手得来，一手失去；结果落空)。
Examples
- A new roof will cost round about 1000 .
换新顶篷需要1000。 - We are leaving round about midday .
我们要在中午前后走。 - I'll put a girdle round about the earth in forty minutes .
我可以在四十分钟内环绕世界一周。 - There were genuine wooden and iron implements, and were prominently disposed round about the figure .
那就是真木器和真铁器，醒目地放在像身周围。 - Thus, as if fate seemed determined to inflame and increase the poor child's malady and passion, all circumstances and all parties round about her urged it on .
这样，仿佛命运决心要跟这可怜的孩子作对，使她的痛苦和爱情有增无减，更加炽烈，她周围的一切和所有的人都在给这种情绪推波助澜。