prep.到處；在 ... 附近；圍繞；大約；符合
adv.到處；在周圍；現(xiàn)有；閑散地；轉(zhuǎn)彎；掉頭
adj.存在的；在風行的
He runs around the playground. 他在運動場上到處跑。
I saw him around the place this morning. 今天早上我看見他就在那兒附近。
There're around 1000 employees in this company. 這個公司大約有1000名員工。
I can't arrange everythnig around your timetable. 我不可能事事都按照你的時刻表安排。
用作副詞 (adv.)We have travelled around in Europe for six weeks. 我們在歐洲各地旅行了六個星期。
You have 15 minutes to look around. 你有15分鐘的時間到周圍看看。
There was more money around in those days. 那年頭比現(xiàn)在富裕。
There were several young people sitting around looking bored. 有幾個年青人閑坐著，一副無聊的樣子。
He turned around as he heard a noise behind him. 他聽到身后有響聲，便轉(zhuǎn)過身來。
用作形容詞 (adj.)He is the most intelligent artist around today. 他是如今在世的最有才華的藝術(shù)家。
There are many new cars around. 有大量新車上市。
around和round相似，均作副詞和介詞用。美國人習慣用around，如下列各例句： He turned around.Like the moon, the artificial satellites move around the earth.I went around to the post-office.Around 800 men came.
around有一些固定的搭配，如around and about，around and above，all around等。而有時不可用around，如winter comes around，all the year around，win one around等；
round與around的比較：round常指在圈內(nèi)或者曲線上的移動或定位。英國人還常用round作“去到一個地方的每個部分”或“分東西給組里的每個人”。而around則指不明確的，模糊的移動或定位。 She walked round the car and looked at the wheels. We walked round the old part of the town.Could you pass the cups round, please? The children were running around/about everywhere.
adv.(副詞)around的基本意思是“在周圍,在附近”“到處,四周”,指地理位置。
around作“大約”解時，主要用于數(shù)字前，有時也用于表示時間的短語前。
around作“恢復(fù)過來”解時主要用于健康狀況或意識方面。
around常用在動詞后面作狀語，還可用作表語或置于名詞后作定語。作“恢復(fù)過來”解時還常用作賓語補足語。
around作“流通著的；可利用的”“見過世面的；閱歷廣的；經(jīng)驗豐富的”解時多用于口語，一般用于完成時中。
around用作副詞時不用于比較等級。
n.周轉(zhuǎn)時間；好轉(zhuǎn)；轉(zhuǎn)身；回車場；（輪船、飛機的）終點裝卸時間
adj.環(huán)繞世界
n.逃避；推諉；搪塞；[印刷]狹條排印
轉(zhuǎn)場
n.【計】工作區(qū)；變通辦法，替代辦法
