round.

adj.adjective · 形容词

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   round·er, round·est.

   • ›having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
   • ›ring-shaped, as a hoop.
   • ›curved like part of a circle, as an outline.
   • ›having a circular cross section, as a cylinder; cylindrical.
   • ›spherical or globular, as a ball.
   • ›shaped more or less like a part of a sphere; hemispherical.
   • ›free from angularity; consisting of full, curved lines or shapes, as handwriting or parts of the body.
   • ›executed with or involving circular motion.
   • ›full, complete, or entire: a round dozen.
   • ›noting, formed, or expressed by an integer or whole number with no fraction.
   • ›expressed, given, or exact to the nearest multiple or power of ten; in tens, hundreds, thousands, or the like: in round numbers.
   • ›roughly correct; approximate: a round guess.
   • ›considerable in amount; ample: a round sum of money.
   • ›brought to completeness or perfection.
   • ›full and sonorous, as sound.
   • ›vigorous or brisk: a round trot.
   • ›straightforward, plain, or candid; outspoken: a round scolding.
   • ›positive or unqualified: a round assertion.

n.noun · 名词

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   • ›any round shape, as a circle, ring or sphere.
   • ›a circular, ring-shaped, curved, or spherical object; a rounded form.
   • ›something circular in cross section, as a rung of a ladder or chair.
   • ›Sometimes rounds . a completed course of time, series of events or operations, etc., ending at a point corresponding to that at the beginning: We waited through the round of many years.
   • ›any complete course, series, or succession: The strike was settled after a long round of talks; a round of parties.
   • ›Often rounds . a going around from place to place, as in a habitual or definite circuit: a doctor's rounds.
   • ›a completed course or spell of activity, commonly one of a series, in some play or sport: the second round of a tournament.
   • ›a recurring period of time, succession of events, duties, etc.: the daily round.
   • ›an entire range: the round of human capabilities.
   • ›a single outburst, as of applause or cheers.
   • ›a single discharge of shot by each of a number of guns, rifles, etc.
   • ›a single discharge by one firearm.
   • ›a charge of ammunition for a single shot.
   • ›a single serving, especially of drink, made more or less simultaneously to everyone present, as at table or at a bar: The next round is on me.
   • ›round dance.
   • ›movement in a circle or around an axis.
   • ›Cooking. Also round of beef .the portion of the thigh of beef below the rump and above the leg.Informal.round steak.
   • ›a slice, as of bread.
   • ›Archery. a specified number of arrows shot from a specified distance from the target in accordance with the rules.
   • ›one of a series of three-minute periods making up a boxing match: a 15-round bout.
   • ›Music. a short, rhythmical canon at the unison, in which the several voices enter at equally spaced intervals of time.rounds, the order followed in ringing a peal of bells in diatonic sequence from the highest to the lowest.
   • ›Golf. a playing of the complete course.
   • ›Cards. a division of play in a game, consisting of a turn each for every player to bid, bet, play a card, deal the cards, or be dealt cards.

adv.adverb · 副词

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   • ›throughout or from the beginning to the end of a recurring period of time: all year round.
   • ›Also 'round . around: The music goes round and round.

prep.preposition · 介词

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   • ›throughout: a resort visited all round the year.
   • ›around: It happened round noon.

v.verb · 有主动词

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   • ›to make round.
   • ›to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump.
   • ›to bring to completeness or perfection; finish.
   • ›Jewelry. to form roughly; girdle.
   • ›to end with something specified: He rounded his speech with a particularly apt quotation.
   • ›to encircle or surround.
   • ›to make a complete circuit of; pass completely around.
   • ›to make a turn or partial circuit around or to the other side of: to round a corner.
   • ›to cause to move in a circle; turn around.
   • ›Phonetics. to make the opening at relatively round or pursed during an utterance.to pronounce with rounded lips; labialize.to contract laterally.Compare spread, unround.
   • ›Mathematics. to replace by the nearest multiple of 10, with 5 being increased to the next highest multiple: 15,837 can be rounded to 15,840; then to 15,800; then to 16,000.

v.verb · 无主动词

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   • ›to become round.
   • ›to become free from angularity; become plump.
   • ›to develop to completeness or perfection.
   • ›to take a circular course; make a circuit, as a guard.
   • ›to make a turn or partial circuit around something.
   • ›to turn around as on an axis: to round on one's heels.
   • ›to reduce successively the number of digits to the right of the decimal point of a mixed number by dropping the final digit and adding 1 to the next preceding digit if the dropped digit was 5 or greater, or leaving the preceding digit unchanged if the dropped digit was 4 or less.

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   • ›round off, to complete or perfect; finish.to express as a round number, usually to the nearest multiple of 10.
   • ›round out, to complete or perfect: The new coin rounded out his collection.to fill out; become rounder: She rounded out so nicely that everyone soon forgot she had been so ill.
   • ›round to, Nautical. to turn a sailing vessel in the direction from which the wind is blowing.
   • ›round up, to drive or bring together.to assemble; gather: to round up all the suspects in an investigation.