round-about
(adj.)迂迴的
roundabout
adj 1: marked by obliqueness or indirection in speech or conduct;
"the explanation was circuitous and puzzling"; "a
roundabout paragraph"; "hear in a roundabout way that
her ex-husband was marrying her best friend" [syn: circuitous]
2: deviating from a straight course; "a scenic but devious
route"; "a long and circuitous journey by train and boat";
"a roundabout route avoided rush-hour traffic" [syn: devious,
circuitous]
n 1: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a
central island; "the accident blocked all traffic at the
rotary" [syn: traffic circle, circle, rotary]
2: large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride
on [syn: carousel, carrousel, merry-go-round, whirligig]