go round
phrasal verb with go verb uk/ɡəʊ/ us/ɡoʊ/ going | went | gone
UK (US go around)
(SPIN)
旋转,转动
to spin like a wheel
Compare: revolverotate
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- The discussion kept going round in circles.
- A dynamo on a bicycle will power a pair of lights while the wheels are going round.
- The Earth takes approximately 365 days to go round the Sun.
- It must be broken. The CD's not going round.
- The children went round and round on the carousel.
(BE ENOUGH)
满足大家的需要;足够分给每个人
If there is enough of something to go round, there is enough for everyone in a group of people.
Are there enough pencils to go round? 铅笔够分吗?
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- There weren't enough chairs to go round.
- Are there enough leaflets to go round?
- Let me know if there are not enough glasses to go round.
- You'll have to share the handouts if there aren't enough to go round.
- There was more than enough custard to go round.
(BEHAVE BADLY)
习惯于(以某种方式行事)
to spend your time behaving in the stated way
[ + -ing verb ] You can't go round being rude to people. 你不能老是对人这样粗暴。
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- She went round slagging off her ex-boyfriend.
- You'll get into trouble if you keep going round behaving like that.
- He was going round looking for a fight.
- She went round looking moody.
- You can't go round ignoring people when they speak to you.
(VISIT)
走访,拜访,访问
to visit someone in their home
I'm just going round to Martha's for half an hour. 我正要到玛莎家去坐上半小时。
I'll go round later and see how he is. 我一会儿过去,看看他怎么样。
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- We go round every Wednesday afternoon.
- She was just about to go round to the neighbours when the phone rang.
- We are going round for dinner on Saturday.
- We often go round on a Saturday night.
- We're going round to Ian's for dinner next Friday.