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. 名词 noun
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.
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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.
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. 副词 adverb
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. 介词、前置词 preposition
throughout: a resort visited all round the year.
around: It happened round noon.
v. 有主动词 verb
to make round.
to free from angularity; fill out symmetrically; make plump.
to bring to completeness or perfection; finish.
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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. 无主动词 verb
to become round.
to become free from angularity; become plump.
to develop to completeness or perfection.
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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.
v. 动词组 verb
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.
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Wrapees was the term marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs.
After a bunch of tough talk, this round of the hacker-on-hacker fight nevered materialized.
Divide the dough in half and very gently pat each half into a round 1-inch-thick disk.
But others say a still-unidentified man likely fired the round that caused a lethal head wound.
Of course, considerations of weight have to be taken into account, but the more mould round the roots the better.
In cross-section the burrows varied from round (three inches in diameter) to oval (three inches high and four inches wide).
There were at least a dozen ladies seated round the big table at the Parsonage.
Mr. Jones swung round a large iron key he held in his hand, and light dawned upon him.
Sol got up, slowly; took a backward step into the yard; filled his lungs, opened his mouth, made his eyes round.