roundabout

roundabout
1. n карусель
2. n окольный путь

roundabout way — окольный путь

3. n иносказание
4. n амер. кресло с круглой спинкой
5. n амер. короткая куртка
6. n круговое движение
7. n кольцевая транспортная развязка с односторонним движением

mini roundabout — кольцевое пересечение

traffic roundabout — кольцевая транспортная развязка

8. n кружный путь

he took the roundabout way to circumvent the traffic on the main road — он поехал кружным путём, чтобы избежать транспортных пробок на магистрали

9. a окольный; кружный; обходной

roundabout system of traffic — система одностороннего кругового движения транспорта

10. a иносказательный
11. a полный, дородный
Синонимический ряд:
1. digressive (adj.) digressive; discursive; rambling; verbose; wordy
2. redundant (adj.) circumlocutory; redundant; tautological
3. rotund (adj.) chubby; plump; plumpish; plumpy; podgy; puddy; pudgy; roly-poly; rotund; round; spuddy; tubby
4. winding (adj.) circuitous; circular; collateral; crooked; devious; indirect; labyrinthine; meandering; oblique; serpentine; sinuous; tortuous; twisting; winding
5. detour (noun) detour; runaround
6. excursion (noun) excursion; jaunt; junket; outing; sally
7. tour (noun) circuit; round; round trip; tour
8. verbiage (noun) circumambages; circumbendibus; circumlocution; periphrase; periphrasis; pleonasm; redundancy; tautology; verbality; verbiage
Антонимический ряд:
direct; straight

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  • Roundabout — Round a*bout , a. 1. Circuitous; going round; indirect; as, roundabout speech. [1913 Webster] We have taken a terrible roundabout road. Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. Encircling; enveloping; comprehensive. Large, sound, roundabout sense. Locke. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roundabout — [roun′də bout΄] adj. 1. not straight or straightforward; indirect; circuitous [roundabout answers] 2. encircling; enclosing; surrounding n. 1. something that is indirect or circuitous ☆ 2. a short, tight jacket or coat formerly worn by men and… …   English World dictionary

  • Roundabout — Round a*bout , n. 1. A large horizontal wheel or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry go round; a carousel. [British] Smart. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. A dance performed in a circle. Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] 3. A …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • roundabout — index circuitous, devious, discursive (digressive), indirect, labyrinthine, oblique (evasive) …   Law dictionary

  • roundabout — (adv.) by a circuitous route, 1870, from ROUND (Cf. round) (adv.) + ABOUT (Cf. about). Noun sense of traffic circle is attested from 1927 …   Etymology dictionary

  • roundabout — *indirect, circuitous Analogous words: sinuous, *winding, tortuous, flexuous …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • roundabout — [adj] indirect ambiguous, circuitous, circular, circumlocutory, collateral, deviating, devious, discursive, evasive, meandering, oblique, obliquitous, periphrastic, taking the long way*, tortuous; concepts 559,581,584 Ant. direct, honest,… …   New thesaurus

  • roundabout — ► NOUN Brit. 1) a road junction at which traffic moves in one direction round a central island to reach one of the roads converging on it. 2) a large revolving device in a playground, for children to ride on. 3) a merry go round. ► ADJECTIVE ▪… …   English terms dictionary

  • Roundabout — This article is about the road junction. For other uses, see Roundabout (disambiguation). Movement within a roundabout in a country where traffic drives on the right. Note the anticlockwise circulation …   Wikipedia

  • roundabout — round|a|bout1 [ˈraundəbaut] n BrE 1.) a raised circular area where three or more roads join together and which cars must drive around American Equivalent: traffic circle ▪ Turn left at the first roundabout. →↑mini roundabout 2.) a round structure …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • roundabout — [[t]ra͟ʊndəbaʊt[/t]] roundabouts 1) N COUNT A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive round it until you come to the road that you want. [BRIT] Syn: island (in AM, use traffic circle) 2) N… …   English dictionary


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