round

round on

To turn on and assail.

突然攻擊，責罵

round up

To seek out and bring together; gather.

驅攏；集攏

To herd (cattle) together from various places.

趕攏：把（牛群）從不同的地方趕到一塊兒

go the round (或 rounds)

(of a story or joke) be passed on from person to person

（故事，笑話）傳遍；傳播

round about

on all sides or in all directions; surrounding someone or something

在…周圍，環繞；在附近

everything round about was covered with snow.

周圍的一切都被雪覆蓋了。

at a point or time approximately equal to

大致，約略

they arrived round about nine.

他們大約九點到達。

round the bend

they arrived round about nine.

他們大約九點到達。

round the twist

they arrived round about nine.

他們大約九點到達。

round something off

make the edges or corners of something smooth

把…修圓磨光

round off the spars with a soft plastic fitting.

用軟的塑料工具把晶石修圓磨光。

round something out

make something more complete

使更完美；圓滿完成

his father insisted he went to university to round out his education.

他的父親堅持要他上大學來圓滿完成他的教育。

round someone/thing up

drive or collect a number of people or animals together for a particular purpose

集攏（分散的人)，趕攏；驅攏（牲口）

in the afternoon the cows are rounded up for milking.

下午牛被驅攏在一起擠奶。

in the round

With the stage in the center of the audience.

舞臺設在觀眾中央的

Fully shaped so as to stand free of a background

形狀完整并可脫離背景的

a sculpture in the round.

立體雕像

make the rounds 或 go the rounds

To go from place to place, as on business or for entertainment

巡回：從一地到另一地，如巡回出差或旅行

a delivery truck making the rounds; students going the rounds in the entertainment district.

挨戶送貨的卡車；逐一在娛樂區玩耍的學生

To be communicated or passed from person to person

在眾人中傳播：一個人接一個人的傳播

The news quickly made the rounds. A piece of juicy gossip is going the rounds.

消息很快就傳開了；生動的閑話正傳播開去