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1. 到處，四處
   Just drive me around.

   開車帶我四處走走就行了。

2. 周圍，附近
   Let me see if he is around.

   我看看他是否在附近。

3. 向相反方向
   She turned around to see who was calling her.

   她轉身看誰在叫她。

4. 環繞；循環地
   The windmill kept turning around.

   風車不停地轉動著。

5. 大約
   The journey will take around ten days.

   這次旅行大約要用十天時間。

prep.

1. 圍繞，環繞
   They sat around the table.

   他們圍桌而坐。

2. 在……四處
   Ann travelled around Europe for a few months.

   安妮在歐洲各地旅遊了數月。

3. 在……附近
   She liked to work around her own home.

   她喜愛在她自己家的附近工作。

4. 繞過
   They went around the town, not through it.

   他們沒有穿過而是繞過該鎮而行。

5. 大約，將近
   He went to the United States around 1987.

   他約莫在一九八七年去美國的。

adv.

1. located or situated on every side.
2. so as to face in the opposite direction.
3. in or to many places throughout a locality.
4. here and there.
5. available or present.
6. approximately.

prep.

1. on every side of.
2. in or to many places throughout (a locality).
3. so as to encircle or embrace.
   ▸following an approximately circular route.