【about音标】 英[əˈbaʊt] 美[əˈbaʊt]
【单词释义】 about是什么意思：
adv.大约;左右;将近;几乎;到处;处处;各处
prep.关于;对于;目的是;为了;涉及…方面;忙于;从事于
adj.在附近的;四处走动的;在起作用的;在流行中的
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【about形近词/近似词】
shout v.呼喊，叫喊，喊叫 n.呼喊，叫喊，喊叫
spout n.喷口，喷嘴；水柱，喷流 v.喷出；喷射；滔滔不绝地讲
flout n.嘲笑；愚弄 vt 藐视，无视（规则、法律等）；嘲笑，愚弄
snout n.鼻子，口鼻部；口吻状物
layout n.布局，安排，设计；版面编排
scout n.搜索，侦察；侦察员，侦察机 vt.侦察；跟踪，监视；寻找
fallout n. 后果，余波；（核爆炸后的）放射性坠尘
clout n.敲打，猛打；影响力；破布 vt.（尤指用手）猛击，重打
stout adj.肥胖的;粗壮结实的 n.烈性黑啤酒；胖子
tout v. 兜售；招徕；拉选票；吹捧；吹嘘 n.票贩子；兜售者
【单词例句】
◇ Though her love was not returned,she had never changed her mind about Apollo.
虽然她的爱并未得到回报,但她对阿波罗的痴情却从未改变。
---- Apollo
◇ Once upon a time there was a clever, wily peasant, whose tricks could be much talked about. The best story, however, is how he once got the best of the devil and made a fool of him.
从前有位远见卓识、机智聪明的农夫，有关他足智多谋的故事至今人们仍广为传颂。其中最精彩的要首推他曾经怎样捉弄魔鬼的故事。
---- The Peasant and the Devil
◇ They returned to the king to tell him about their betrothed.
三个王子回来向国王禀告了自己找到的未婚妻的情况。
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ But there they are, and it is no delusion. It almost looks like a great plateful of spiders jumping about in a crowd.
不过它们的确存在着，一点也不虚假。这好像是一大盘龙虾，在你上我下地跳跃着。
---- The Drop of Water
◇ Then the king traveled about for nearly seven years, searching in all the stone cliffs and caves, but he did not find her, and he thought that she had perished.
于是国王找了七年，他找遍了每一个石缝、每一个山洞，但还是没有找到，他想她准是因为缺衣少食死了。
---- The Girl without Hands (II)
◇ However, one day she accidentally overheard some people talking about her. They said that she was beautiful enough, but that in truth she was to blame for her seven brothers' misfortune.
终于有一天，她偶然听到人们谈起有关她的事情，他们说：“她的的确确很漂亮，但可惜的是她的七个哥哥却因为她的缘故而遭到不幸。”
---- The Seven Ravens
◇ How happy they were! They hugged their dear mother, and jumped about like a tailor on his wedding day.
这是多么令人开心的事啊！它们拥抱自己的妈妈，像当新娘的裁缝一样高兴得又蹦又跳。
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ He said, "Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart." As Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt stronger physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to give up and quit before this point.
男孩说：“那么，就请接受我由衷的感谢吧！”说完，霍华德-凯利就离开了这户人家。此时的他不仅自己浑身是劲儿，而且更加相信上帝和整个人类。本来，他都打算放弃了。
---- The warmth of a cup of milk
◇ The whole venture seemed so impractical and foolish that onlookers called it "Drake's Folly". But when he had drilled down about 70 feet (21 meters), Drake struck oil. His well began to yield 20 barrels of crude oil a day.
但当瑞克往下钻至70英尺(21米)的时候，他发现了石油。 他的油井从此每天生产20桶原油。
---- Oil Refining
◇ He owned a farm about twenty miles outside the city of Washington, for which the village of Georgetown was the market center.
他拥有一个农场，离华盛顿约20英里，那里的乔治镇村庄是集市中心。