prep.到處；在 ... 附近；圍繞；大約；符合
adv.到處；在周?chē)?；現(xiàn)有；閑散地；轉(zhuǎn)彎；掉頭
adj.存在的；在風(fēng)行的
He runs around the playground. 他在運(yùn)動(dòng)場(chǎng)上到處跑。
I saw him around the place this morning. 今天早上我看見(jiàn)他就在那兒附近。
There're around 1000 employees in this company. 這個(gè)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(shí)刻表安排。
用作副詞 (adv.)We have travelled around in Europe for six weeks. 我們?cè)跉W洲各地旅行了六個(gè)星期。
You have 15 minutes to look around. 你有15分鐘的時(shí)間到周?chē)纯础?/p>
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(gè)年青人閑坐著，一副無(wú)聊的樣子。
He turned around as he heard a noise behind him. 他聽(tīng)到身后有響聲，便轉(zhuǎn)過(guò)身來(lái)。
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(chē)上市。
around和round相似，均作副詞和介詞用。美國(guó)人習(xí)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(shí)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(dòng)或定位。英國(guó)人還常用round作“去到一個(gè)地方的每個(gè)部分”或“分東西給組里的每個(gè)人”。而around則指不明確的，模糊的移動(dòng)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?chē)?在附近”“到處,四周”,指地理位置。
around作“大約”解時(shí)，主要用于數(shù)字前，有時(shí)也用于表示時(shí)間的短語(yǔ)前。
around作“恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)”解時(shí)主要用于健康狀況或意識(shí)方面。
around常用在動(dòng)詞后面作狀語(yǔ)，還可用作表語(yǔ)或置于名詞后作定語(yǔ)。作“恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)”解時(shí)還常用作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。
around作“流通著的；可利用的”“見(jiàn)過(guò)世面的；閱歷廣的；經(jīng)驗(yàn)豐富的”解時(shí)多用于口語(yǔ)，一般用于完成時(shí)中。
around用作副詞時(shí)不用于比較等級(jí)。
n.周轉(zhuǎn)時(shí)間；好轉(zhuǎn)；轉(zhuǎn)身；回車(chē)場(chǎng)；（輪船、飛機(jī)的）終點(diǎn)裝卸時(shí)間
adj.環(huán)繞世界
n.逃避；推諉；搪塞；[印刷]狹條排印
轉(zhuǎn)場(chǎng)
n.【計(jì)】工作區(qū)；變通辦法，替代辦法
