around
/əˈɹaʊnd/ 副词 A2中文： 周围、大约、到处
- So as to form a circle or trace a circular path, or approximation thereof. · High above, vultures circled around.
- So as to surround or be near. · Everybody please gather around.· There isn't another house for miles around.
- Nearly; approximately; about. · Around a thousand people attended.· An adult elephant weighs around five tons.
- From place to place. · There are rumors going around that the company is bankrupt.· Look around and see what you find.
- From one state or condition to an opposite or very different one; with a metaphorical change in direction; bringing about awareness or agreement. · The team wasn't doing well, but the new coach really turned things around.· He used to stay up late but his new girlfriend changed that around.
- So as to partially or completely rotate; so as to face in the opposite direction. · Turn around at the end of this street.· She spun around a few times.
- Used with verbs to indicate repeated or continuous action, or in numerous locations or with numerous people. · I asked around, and no-one really liked it.· Shopping around can get you a better deal.
- Used with certain verbs to suggest unproductive activity. · sit around, mess around, loaf around
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Richard stood up in the cab and looked around.
The entire traffic of Manhattan seemed to have jammed itself around them.
First, she dreamed of little Alice herself, and once again the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers—she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that _would_ always get into her eyes—and still as she listened, or seemed to listen, the whole place around her became alive with the strange creatures of her little sister’s dream.
The long grass rustled at her feet as the White Rabbit hurried by—the frightened Mouse splashed his way through the neighbouring pool—she could hear the rattle of the teacups as the March Hare and his friends shared their never-ending meal, and the shrill voice of the Queen ordering off her unfortunate guests to execution—once more the pig-baby was sneezing on the Duchess’s knee, while plates and dishes crashed around it—once more the shriek of the Gryphon, the squeaking of the Lizard’s slate-pencil, and the choking of the suppressed guinea-pigs, filled the air, mixed up with the distant sobs of the miserable Mock Turtle.
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