roundabout

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

round·about [roundabout roundabouts] noun, adjective BrE [ˈraʊndəbaʊt] NAmE [ˈraʊndəbaʊt]
noun (BrE)
1. (NAmE ˈtraffic circle, ro·tary)a place where two or more roads meet, forming a circle that all traffic must go around in the same direction
•At the roundabout, take the second exit.
•When entering a roundabout, give way to any traffic already on it.
see also ↑mini-roundabout
2. (NAmE ˈmerry-go-round)a round platform for children to play on in a park, etc. that is pushed round while the children are sitting on it
3. (BrE) = ↑merry-go-round (¹)
see swings and roundabouts at ↑swing _n.

Example Bank:
•Leave the roundabout at the second exit.
•There was a lot of traffic on the roundabout.

 
adjective usually before noun
not done or said using the shortest, simplest or most direct way possible
•It was a difficult and roundabout trip.
•He told us, in a very roundabout way, that he was thinking of leaving.
 
See also: ↑merry-go-round ▪ ↑rotary ▪ ↑traffic circle

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  devious, circuitous, carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig, traffic circle, circle, rotary