also roundtable, 1826 in reference to a gathering of persons in which all are accorded equal status (there being no head of a round table.) King Arthur's Round Table is attested from c. 1300, translating Old French table ronde (1155, in Wace's Roman de Brut).
双语例句
1. It was just then that I chanced to look round.
就在那时，我恰好环顾了下四周。
来自柯林斯例句
2. I shivered and pulled my scarf more tightly round my neck.
我打了个寒战，用围巾把脖子围得更紧了。
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3. He tramped hurriedly round the lake towards the garden.
他匆匆地迈着沉重的步伐绕过湖边向花园走去。
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4. Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster.
