roundabout

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n. （交通）環(huán)島，環(huán)狀交叉路口；（游樂(lè)設(shè)施）旋轉(zhuǎn)平臺(tái)，旋轉(zhuǎn)木馬（同 merry-go-round）；（公園、學(xué)校的）轉(zhuǎn)椅；迂回路線
adj. （說(shuō)話）迂回的；繞道的；圓形的

We took a roundabout way from Chicago to San Francisco by driving through Texas.
我們從芝加哥驅(qū)車?yán)@道得克薩斯到達(dá)舊金山。

(ON ROAD) a place where three or more roads join and traffic must go around a circular area in the middle, rather than straight across
(PLAY EQUIPMENT) a flat, round piece of equipment in play areas on which children sit or stand and are pushed round and round
not in a simple, direct, or quick way

If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive around it until you come to the road that you want.
A roundabout at an amusement park is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go around and around.
A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin around.