| 单词 | around |
| 例句 | around adverb 1.•there were houses scattered around:on every side, on all sides, throughout, all over (the place), everywhere | about, here and there. 2.•he turned around:in the opposite direction, to face the other way, backward, to the rear. 3.•there was no one around:nearby, near, about, close by, close, close at hand, at hand, in the vicinity, at close range.▶preposition 1.•the palazzo is built around a courtyard:on all sides of, about, encircling, surrounding, enclosing. 2.•they drove around town:about, all over, in/to all parts of. 3.•around three miles:approximately, about, around/round about, circa, roughly, something like, more or less, in the region of, in the neighborhood of, give or take (a few) | nearly, close to, approaching | getting on for | informal in the ballpark of. PHRASES around the clock 1.•we're working around the clock:day and night, night and day, round the clock, all the time, [morning, noon, and night], continuously, nonstop, steadily, unremittingly | informal 24-7. 2.•around-the-clock supervision:continuous, round-the-clock, constant, nonstop, continual, uninterrupted. |
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