roundhouse
名词 n.
动词 v.
美 /ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
— [T]he gentlemen in the coffee room insisted upon the watch being called, or a constable. With considerable difficulty the two heroes were carried off to the round-house, and there lodged for the night.
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A traditional circular dwelling elevated on stilts with a conical roof found in part of Southeast Asia.
— All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head.
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A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age.
— A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.
- The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.
- A privy near the bow of a vessel, especially as reserved for officers.
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A circular building in which locomotives are housed, sometimes with a turntable.
— Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.
- A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
- In the game of pinochle, a meld consisting of a queen and king in each of the four suits.
动词 v.
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To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
— We focused on the nerve-agent feint, and got roundhoused by the insurgent hook.
词汇关系
词源
词源 1
From round + house, a calque of Dutch rondhuis (“guardhouse”). First attested in the Mid-15th c.
词源 2
From round + house, a calque of Dutch rondhuis (“guardhouse”). First attested in the Mid-15th c.
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