around

adv.

1. 大约
   approximately
   1. He arrived around five o'clock.
      他大约是五点钟到的。
   2. The cost would be somewhere around £1 500.
      费用要在1 500英镑上下。
2. 周围；四周
   on every side; surrounding sb/sth
   1. I could hear laughter all around.
      我可以听见周围的笑声。
   2. a yard with a fence all around
      四周围着栅栏的院子
3. 围绕；环绕
   moving in a circle
   1. How do you make the wheels go around?
      你怎样使这些轮子转动起来？
4. 以圆周计算
   measured in a circle
   1. an old tree that was at least ten feet around
      合抱至少十英尺的古树
5. 到处；向各处
   in or to many places
   1. We were all running around trying to get ready in time.
      我们东奔西跑，望能按时准备就绪。
   2. This is our new office─Kay will show you around.
      这是我们的新办公室——凯会带你参观一下。
   3. There were papers lying around all over the floor.
      地板上四处散乱着文件。
6. 闲散地；无目的地
   used to describe activities that have no real purpose
   1. There were several young people sitting around looking bored.
      有几个年青人闲坐着，一副无聊的样子。
7. 出现；现有；可用
   present in a place; available
   1. There was more money around in those days.
      那年头比现在富裕。
   2. I knocked but there was no one around.
      我敲了门，但是没有人应门。
   3. Digital television has been around for some time now.
      数字电视已经面市一段时间了。
8. （体育运动、专业等中）走红的，活跃的
   active and well known in a sport, profession, etc.
   1. a new tennis champion who could be around for a long time
      可能会走红很长时期的新网球冠军
   2. She's been around as a film director since the 1980s.
      自20世纪80年代以来她一直是活跃在影坛的著名导演。
9. 转弯；掉转；掉头
   in a circle or curve to face another way or the opposite way
   1. She turned the car around and drove off.
      她把轿车掉头开走了。
   2. They looked around when he called.
      他呼喊时他们回头张望。

prep.

1. 围绕；环绕
   surrounding sb/sth; on each side of sth
   1. The house is built around a central courtyard.
      这房子是围绕着中央的庭院而建的。
   2. He put his arms around her.
      他搂着她。
2. 在那边；到那边；从那边
   on, to or from the other side of sb/sth
   1. Our house is just around the corner.
      过了拐角就是我们的房子。
   2. The bus came around the bend.
      公共汽车从拐弯处驶来。
   3. There must be a way around the problem.
      肯定有解决这个问题的办法。
3. 绕着
   in a circle
   1. They walked around the lake.
      他们绕着湖边行走。
4. 同…一致；适合；符合
   to fit in with particular people, ideas, etc.
   1. I can't arrange everything around your timetable!
      我不可能事事都按着你的时刻表安排！
5. 到处；向各处
   in or to many places in an area
   1. They walked around the town looking for a place to eat.
      他们在城里到处寻找吃饭的地方。

Around is an adverb and a preposition. In British English, the word 'round' is often used instead. Around is often used with verbs of movement, such as 'walk' and 'drive', and also in phrasal verbs such as 'get around' and 'hand around'.
around用作副词和介词。在英国英语中，常用round来替代。around常与表示动作的动词连用，如walk和drive，也常用在get around, hand around等短语动词中。

1. PREP 环绕；围绕；包围
   To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.
   1. She looked at the papers around her...
      她看了看四周的文件。
   2. Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders.
      今天她的头发披在肩上。
   3. ...a prosperous suburb built around a new mosque.
      在新盖的清真寺周围建起的繁华市郊住宅区
   4. Around is also an adverb.
      
   5. ...a village with a rocky river, a ruined castle and hills all around...
      有一条多石的河流、一座破败的城堡并且四面环山的村庄
   6. The Memorial seems almost ugly, dominating the landscape for miles around.
      那座纪念碑耸立在方圆数英里景致之中显得近乎难看。
2. PREP 绕过；越过
   If you move around a corner or obstacle, you move to the other side of it. If you look around a corner or obstacle, you look to see what is on the other side.
   1. The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner...
      摄影师停止按动快门，匆匆绕过拐角。
   2. I peered around the edge of the shed — there was no sign of anyone else.
      我仔细察看了棚子周边，没有其他人。
3. ADV 朝着相反方向；向着对立面
   If you turn around, you turn so that you are facing in the opposite direction.
   1. I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard...
      我转过身，在黑板上写下了题目。
   2. He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
      他慢慢直起身子，坐在凳子上转过身来面对着我们。
4. PREP 在…四处；朝…四周
   If you move around a place, you travel through it, going to most of its parts. If you look around a place, you look at every part of it.
   1. I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet...
      我在莫斯科到处游逛，城里非常安静。
   2. He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people.
      他谨慎地瞥了一眼房间里的其他人。
   3. Around is also an adverb.
      
   4. He backed away from the edge, looking all around at the flat horizon.
      他从边上退了回来，环顾着周围平直的地平线。
5. PREP 在…地方;至…的各处
   If someone moves around a place, they move through various parts of that place without having any particular destination.
   1. These days much of my time is spent weaving my way around drinks parties...
      这些天，我多半都是在酒会上晃悠过去的。
   2. They milled around the ballroom with video cameras.
      他们扛着摄像机在舞厅里转来转去。
   3. Around is also an adverb.
      
   4. My mornings are spent rushing around after him.
      我每天早上都跟着他到处跑。
   5. ...a scruffy youth wandering around looking lost.
      一个四处徘徊、貌似迷了路的邋遢青年
6. ADV 至（某人的家拜访）
   If you go around to someone's house, you visit them.
   1. She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls.
      她帮我打开行李，然后我们去看望其他女孩们。
7. ADV 闲着；无所事事
   You use around in expressions such as sit around and hang around when you are saying that someone is spending time in a place and not doing anything very important.
   1. I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs...
      我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
   2. After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs.
      第二天早饭后，他们闲坐着聊了一个小时政治话题。
   3. Around is also a preposition.
      
   4. He used to skip lessons and hang around the harbor with some other boys.
      他过去经常逃课，在码头上和其他几个男孩瞎混。
8. ADV 到别处
   If you move things around, you move them so that they are in different places.
   1. Furniture in the classroom should not be changed around without warning the blind child...
      教室中的桌椅如需要挪动，应事先告诉这个盲童。
   2. She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows.
      她挪动家具使桌子靠在窗边。
9. ADV 旋转;围绕
   If a wheel or object turns around, it turns.
   1. The boat started to spin around in the water.
      船开始在水中打旋。
10. PREP 在各处；遍及
    You use around to say that something happens in different parts of a place or area.
    1. Police in South Africa say ten people have died in scattered violence around the country...
       南非警方称，在全国各地零星发生的暴力事件中，有10人死亡。
    2. Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.
       在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。
    3. ...pests and diseases around the garden.
       遍布花园各个角落的病虫害
    4. Around is also an adverb.
       
    5. What the hell do you think you're doing following me around?...
       你到处跟着我到底想干什么？
    6. Giovanni has the best Parma ham for miles around.
       方圆数英里内，乔瓦尼的帕尔马火腿最棒。
11. ADV 在某处
    If someone or something is around, they exist or are present in a place.
    1. The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around...
       这只乌鸫迅速警惕地张望了一眼，以防那只猫就在附近。
    2. Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important...
       有许多能交谈的人在身边很重要。
    3. You see very little of this wine around these days.
       近来很少看见这种葡萄酒。
12. PREP 在…周围；在…身边
    The people around you are the people who you come into contact with, especially your friends and relatives, and the people you work with.
    1. We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us...
       我们通过观察周围人的举止改变自己的行为。
    2. Those around her would forgive her for weeping.
       她身边的人会原谅她掉眼泪的。
13. PREP 以…为中心；以…为基础
    If something such as a film, a discussion, or a plan is based around something, that thing is its main theme.
    1. ...the gentle comedy based around the Larkin family...
       根据拉金一家的故事改编的轻喜剧
    2. The discussion centered around four subjects.
       讨论围绕4个主题展开。
    3. ...a government whose economic policy was built around low interest rates.
       以低利率为基础制定经济政策的政府
14. ADV 又;循环地;周而复始地
    You use around in expressions such as this time around or to come around when you are describing something that has happened before or things that happen regularly.
    1. Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around...
       这次本特森参议员又拒绝参与。
    2. When July Fourth comes around, the residents of Columbia City throw a noisy party.
       每逢7月4号美国独立日，哥伦比亚城的居民们都会举行热闹的聚会。
15. PREP 绕…一圈
    When you are giving measurements, you can use around to talk about the distance along the edge of something round.
    1. She was 40 inches around the hips.
       她臀围40英寸。
16. ADV 大约
    Around means approximately.
    1. My salary was around £9,000 plus a car and expenses...
       我的薪水大约是9,000英镑，还有一辆车和业务经费可支配。
    2. Rolls Royce produces around 1,000 extremely desirable cars a year.
       劳斯莱斯公司每年生产约1,000辆非常吸引人的汽车。
    3. Around is also a preposition.
       
    4. He expects the elections to be held around November.
       他预计选举在11月左右举行。

Around and round are used in various ways as prepositions and adverbs, often as part of phrasal verbs. In most cases, you can use either word without any difference of meaning. In American English, around is much more common than round or about. When you are talking about casual or random movement in no particular direction, you can use about as well as around and round. It's so romantic up there, flying around in a small plane... I spent a couple of hours driving round Richmond... Police constables walk about with guns on their hips. When you are talking about something being generally present or available, you can use around or about, but not round, as adverbs. There is a lot of talent around at the moment... There are not that many jobs about.Round has a lot of other meanings, as a noun, verb, and adjective. You cannot use around in these cases.
around和round都可用作介词和副词，用法很多，常用于短语动词中。很多情况下，两者可以通用，意义相同。美国英语中，around比round和about常见得多。指无具体方向的随意移动时，除around和round外，也可用about：It's so romantic up there, flying around in a small plane（坐小型飞机在空中翱翔真浪漫），I spent a couple of hours driving round Richmond（我开车在里士满转悠了几小时），Police constables walk about with guns on their hips（警员们胯上别枪四处巡逻）。表示某物就在手头或能够获得，可用around或about作副词, 不可用round：There is a lot of talent around at the moment（目前有大量现成人才），There are not that many jobs about（眼下没有那么多工作机会）。round作名词、动词和形容词时有许多其他意思，参见round词条;在这些情况下不可用around。

17. PREP-PHRASE 大约
    Around about means approximately.
    1. There is a Green party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote...
       虽然有一个绿党，但在选举中该党只得到了大约10%的选票。
    2. He's charging you around about a hundred pounds an hour for his services.
       他提供一小时服务，要价大约100英镑。
18. PHRASE 各方面
    You say all around to indicate that something affects all parts of a situation or all members of a group.
    1. He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
       他比较了1916年英国人和法国人的成就，结论是法国人在各方面都做得更好。
19. PHRASE 见过世面；经验丰富；老于世故
    If someone has been around, they have had a lot of experience of different people and situations.
    1. He knows what to do. He's been around...
       他知道该做什么。他阅历很丰富。
    2. He's been around a long time and has acquired a number of skills.
       长久以来他见过很多世面，学了很多技术。
20. the other way around → see: way

1. She looked at the papers around her
   她看了看四周的文件。
2. Today she wore her hair down around her shoulders.
   今天她的头发披在肩上。
3. The photographer stopped clicking and hurried around the corner
   摄影师停止按动快门，匆匆绕过拐角。
4. I peered around the edge of the shed — there was no sign of anyone else.
   我仔细察看了棚子周边，没有其他人。
5. I turned around and wrote the title on the blackboard
   我转过身，在黑板上写下了题目。
6. He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
   他慢慢直起身子，坐在凳子上转过身来面对着我们。
7. I've been walking around Moscow and the town is terribly quiet
   我在莫斯科到处游逛，城里非常安静。
8. He glanced discreetly around the room at the other people.
   他谨慎地瞥了一眼房间里的其他人。
9. These days much of my time is spent weaving my way around drinks parties
   这些天，我多半都是在酒会上晃悠过去的。
10. They milled around the ballroom with video cameras.
    他们扛着摄像机在舞厅里转来转去。
11. She helped me unpack my things and then we went around to see the other girls.
    她帮我打开行李，然后我们去看望其他女孩们。
12. I'm just going to be hanging around twiddling my thumbs
    我只会闲呆着，什么事也不做。
13. After breakfast the next morning they sat around for an hour discussing political affairs.
    第二天早饭后，他们闲坐着聊了一个小时政治话题。
14. Furniture in the classroom should not be changed around without warning the blind child
    教室中的桌椅如需要挪动，应事先告诉这个盲童。
15. She moved things around so the table was beneath the windows.
    她挪动家具使桌子靠在窗边。
16. The boat started to spin around in the water.
    船开始在水中打旋。
17. Police in South Africa say ten people have died in scattered violence around the country
    南非警方称，在全国各地零星发生的暴力事件中，有10人死亡。
18. Elephants were often to be found in swamp in eastern Kenya around the Tana River.
    在肯尼亚东部的塔纳河一带经常发现陷入沼泽的大象。
19. The blackbird had a quick, wary look in case the cat was anywhere around
    这只乌鸫迅速警惕地张望了一眼，以防那只猫就在附近。
20. Just having lots of people around that you can talk to is important
    有许多能交谈的人在身边很重要。
21. You see very little of this wine around these days.
    近来很少看见这种葡萄酒。
22. We change our behaviour by observing the behaviour of those around us
    我们通过观察周围人的举止改变自己的行为。
23. Those around her would forgive her for weeping.
    她身边的人会原谅她掉眼泪的。
24. The discussion centered around four subjects.
    讨论围绕4个主题展开。
25. Senator Bentsen has declined to get involved this time around
    这次本特森参议员又拒绝参与。
26. She was 40 inches around the hips.
    她臀围40英寸。
27. My salary was around £ 9,000 plus a car and expenses
    我的薪水大约是9,000英镑，还有一辆车和业务经费可支配。
28. There is a Green party but it only scored around about 10 percent in the vote
    虽然有一个绿党，但在选举中该党只得到了大约10%的选票。
29. He compared the achievements of the British and the French during 1916 and concluded that the latter were better all around.
    他比较了1916年英国人和法国人的成就，结论是法国人在各方面都做得更好。
30. He knows what to do. He's been around
    他知道该做什么。他阅历很丰富。

  around about approximately roughly【导航词义：大约】

  around adv. 大约

〔辨析〕多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。也用作 around about。

  about adv. 大约

〔辨析〕表示实际数量可多可少或数值、尺寸等可大可小，也作 round about。

  approximately adv. 大约

〔辨析〕多用于书面语，强调接近精确数值、数量、时间等，误差较小。

  roughly adv. 粗略地，大致上

〔辨析〕指按粗略估计，不强调十分接近精确数值。

adv.

have been around

• 阅历世事；饱经世故
  to have gained knowledge and experience of the world

adv

1. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct
   1. lasted approximately an hour
   2. in just about a minute
   3. he's about 30 years old
   4. I've had about all I can stand
   5. we meet about once a month
   6. some forty people came
   7. weighs around a hundred pounds
   8. roughly $3,000
   9. holds 3 gallons, more or less
   10. 20 or so people were at the party

   Synonym:    approximatelyaboutclose tojust aboutsomeroughlymore or lessor so

2. in circumference
   1. the trunk is ten feet around
   2. the pond is two miles around

3. in the area or vicinity
   1. a few spectators standing about
   2. hanging around
   3. waited around for the next flight

   Synonym:    about

4. from beginning to end
   1. It rains all year round on Skye
   2. frigid weather the year around

   Synonym:    round

5. by a circular or circuitous route
   1. He came all the way around the base
   2. the road goes around the pond

6. in a circle or circular motion
   1. The wheels are spinning around

7. all around or on all sides
   1. dirty clothes lying around (or about)
   2. let's look about for help
   3. There were trees growing all around
   4. she looked around her

   Synonym:    about

8. to a particular destination either specified or understood
   1. she came around to see me
   2. I invited them around for supper

9. in or to a reversed position or direction
   1. about face
   2. suddenly she turned around

   Synonym:    about

10. used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction
    1. wandering about with no place to go
    2. people were rushing about
    3. news gets around (or about)
    4. traveled around in Asia
    5. he needs advice from someone who's been around
    6. she sleeps around

    Synonym:    about