【around音标】 英[əˈraʊnd] 美[əˈraʊnd]
【单词释义】 around是什么意思：
prep.围绕；环绕；在附近；前后，左右；在…周围 adv.
大约;在周围;四周;围绕；环绕
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
【around形近词/近似词】
foreground n. 前景；最显著的位置 v. 强调；突出
round adj.圆形的；环形的；弧形的 adv.旋转；到处；在周围 prep.大约；绕过，环绕；在…四周
playground n.操场；运动场；游乐场
underground adj.地下的；秘密的
surround vt.包围，围绕，环绕 n.（物品的）边；外围物
background n. 背景
fairground n.露天市场；商品交易会场址；展销会场地；露天游乐场
ground n.[U]地面，土地；基础
【常用短语】
look around 游览；到处察看；到处寻找
put about/around/round 传播；散布
【近义词解析】
◇ 大约
about (adv. 大约)：表示实际数量可多可少或数值、尺寸等可大可小，也作 round about。
around (adv. 大约)：多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。也用作 around about。
approximately (adv. 大约)：多用于书面语，强调接近精确数值、数量、时间等，误差较小。
roughly ([专八/GRE]adv. 粗略地，大致上)：指按粗略估计，不强调十分接近精确数值。
【单词例句】
◇ When the time was up and the day came when the evil one was to get her, she washed herself clean and drew a circle around herself with chalk.
三年过去了，在恶魔要来带她走那天，她将自己从头到脚洗得乾乾净净，用粉笔绕着自己画了一个圈。
---- The Girl without Hands (I)
◇ When the seven kids saw what had happened, they ran up and cried out, "The wolf is dead! The wolf is dead!" And with their mother they danced for joy around about the well.
七只小山羊看到后，全跑到这里来叫道：“狼死了！狼死了！”它们高兴地和妈妈一起围着水井跳起舞来。
---- The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids
◇ One fine day, an old couple around the age of 70, walks into a lawyer’s office. Apparently, they are there to file a divorce. Lawyer was very puzzled, after having a chat with them, he got their story.
在一个阳光明媚的日子里，一对70多岁的老夫妇走进了律师事务所。显然地，他们准备到那儿办理离婚手续。律师对这对年老的夫妇提出要离婚的事感到非常困惑。后来，跟他们交谈了之后，他得知他们之间的故事。
---- Life Together
◇ A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy loved to come and play around it every day.
很久以前有一棵高大的苹果树。有一个小男孩每天都喜欢来到树旁玩耍。
---- A Boy and His Tree
◇ I want a wife who takes care of the children when they are sick, a wife who arranges to be around when the children need special care, because, of cause, I cannot miss classes at school.
我想要个妻，孩子生病时有人料理，孩子有特殊需要时有人应急。因为我不能误课。
---- I Want a Wife
◇ How brave we knew she was?we three sisters gathered around her hospital bed feeling time pushing us toward her fate the next day. We were quick to smile,slow to leave,hoping our "Good nights" were not our good-byes.
我们深知母亲是何等的勇敢。姐妹三人围着母亲的病床，感受着母亲明天的命运在分分秒秒逼近。我们面带微笑，不愿离去，祈求我们的晚安道别不会成为诀别。
---- To Love Enough
◇ Take the control away from your offender. Mentally replaying your hurt gives power to the person who caused you pain. "Instead of focusing on your wounded feelings, learn to look for the love, beauty and kindness around you," Luskin says.
摆脱别人对你的控制。摆脱不了心理上的痛楚，就会使伤害你的人得寸进尺。卢斯金说过：“一个人应该学会发现自己周围的真、善、美，而不应该仅仅盯着别人给你带来的伤害。”
◇ During the Roman engagement process, a well-off suitor who could afford a ring would slip it over his bride-to-be's fourth finger. Thus, he'd always have a symbolic grip around her lover's vein. The modern world may have adopted that practice from the Romans.
在罗马人订婚的过程中，能买得起戒指的富有的求婚者会将戒指亲自戴到准新娘的无名指上，象征着他抓住了她的“爱情之脉”。现代人可能是从罗马人那里习得这种做法的。
---- Why are wedding rings worn on the left hand?
◇ The origin may have become popular around the 14th century when a bestselling memoir, <<The Voyage and Travel of Sir John Mandeville>>, referenced serpents who sob while eating their human victims.
这个说法大约是在14世纪开始流行起来的，当时有一本畅销的回忆录叫《约翰·曼德维尔爵士的航海旅行》，里面提到蛇在吃人的时候会流泪。
---- Where does the expression 'crocodile tears'
◇ Studies have shown that morning and afternoon workouts can increase a person's amount and quality of sleep — one study found that exercise adds around 45 minutes of extra sleep — and better sleep leads to a more productive day.
研究发现，清晨和下午的锻炼可以增加睡眠时长，提高睡眠质量。一项研究发现，锻炼身体可以让人多睡45分钟。睡得更香，效率更高。