round and round

副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. In a repeated circular motion. not-comparable
    — The whole economy of this dance consists in turning round and round the room in a certain measured step ; and it is truly astonishing that this continued revolution does not set all their heads swimming like a top ; but I have been positively assured that it only occasions a gentle sensation which is marvellously agreeable.
  2. Following the same course repeatedly in vain. figuratively,not-comparable
    — Instances were known of people who, being asked to dine at Todgers’s, had travelled round and round for a weary time, with its very chimney–pots in view ; and finding it, at last, impossible of attainment, had gone home again with a gentle melancholy on their spirits, tranquil and uncomplaining.

词形变化

around and around alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
argue round and round
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