round

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Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

round roundmore roundmost roundrounder

Superlative

roundestaroundron

1.
(physical) Of shape:
2.
Complete, whole, not lacking.
The baker sold us a round dozen.
3.
(of a number) Convenient for rounding other numbers to; for example, ending in a zero.
One hundred is a nice round number.
4.
(phonetics) Pronounced with the lips drawn together; rounded.
5.
Outspoken; plain and direct; unreserved; not mincing words.
a round answer
a round oath
6.
Finished; polished; not defective or abrupt; said of authors or their writing style.
7.
(obsolete)Consistent; fair; just; applied to conduct.
8.
Large in magnitude.
9.
(authorship, of a fictional character) Well-written and well-characterized; complex and reminiscent of a real person.
10.
(architecture) Vaulted.
11.
Returning to its starting point.
round trip, round journey, round walk

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

roundsaroundron

1.
A circular or spherical object or part of an object.
2.
A circular or repetitious route.
hospital rounds
The prison guards have started their nightly rounds.
3.
A general outburst from a group of people at an event.
The candidate got a round of applause after every sentence or two.
4.
(countable)(countable, music) A song that is sung by groups of people with each subset of people starting at a different time.
5.
A serving of something; a portion of something to each person in a group.
They brought us a round of drinks about every thirty minutes.
6.
A single individual portion or dose of medicine.
Daniel underwent one round of chemotherapy in February but stopped after that single treatment, citing religious beliefs.
7.
(UK)One slice of bread.
For breakfast I had two rounds of toast and a mug of tea.
8.
One sandwich (two full slices of bread with filling).
9.
(art) A long-bristled, circular-headed paintbrush used in oil and acrylic painting.
10.
A firearm cartridge, bullet, or any individual ammunition projectile. Originally referring to the spherical projectile ball of a smoothbore firearm. Compare round shot and solid shot.
11.
(sports) One of the specified pre-determined segments of the total time of a sport event, such as a boxing or wrestling match, during which contestants compete before being signaled to stop.
12.
A stage, level, set of events in a game

preposition

aroundron

1.
(alt of, alternative, rare)(rare in US) Alternative form of around.
I look round the room quickly to make sure it's neat.
2.
(alt of, alternative, rare)(used postpositively, rare in US) Alternative form of around.
The farmer fed his cow hay all the year round.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

around

Superlative

ron

1.
(alt of, alternative, not comparable)Alternative form of around.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

rounds

V_ing/Gerund

rounding

V_ed/pp

roundedaround

1.
(transitive)To shape something into a curve.
The carpenter rounded the edges of the table.
2.
(intransitive)To become shaped into a curve.
3.
(with "out") To finish; to complete; to fill out; see also round out.
She rounded out her education with only a single mathematics class.
4.
(intransitive, transitive)To approximate (a number, especially a decimal number) by the closest whole number, or some other close number, especially a whole number of hundreds, thousands, etc.; see also round down, round up.
The exact amount was $101.65, but we rounded it to $100.
95.9 rounds to 96.
5.
(transitive)To turn past a boundary.
Helen watched him until he rounded the corner.
6.
(intransitive)To turn and attack someone or something (used with on).
As a group of policemen went past him, one of them rounded on him, grabbing him by the arm.
7.
(transitive)(transitive, baseball) To advance to home plate.
And the runners round the bases on the double by Jones.
8.
(transitive)To go round, pass, go past.
9.
To encircle; to encompass.
Đồng nghĩa: surround
10.
To grow round or full; hence, to attain to fullness, completeness, or perfection.
11.
(colloquial)(medicine, colloquial) To do ward rounds.
12.
(intransitive, obsolete)To go round, as a guard; to make the rounds.

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Đồng nghĩa

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flat filletrounded inside edge fillet

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English round, rounde, from roünt, rund, Old French ront, runt, reont ( > rond), from both retundus and the original Latin rotundus. The noun developed partly from the adjective and partly from the corresponding French noun rond. rotund.