roundabout, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

roundabout (roundabouts plural )

1 n-count A roundabout is a circular structure in the road at a place where several roads meet. You drive round it until you come to the road that you want.
(BRIT)
in AM, use traffic circle

2 n-count A roundabout at a fair is a large, circular mechanical device with seats, often in the shape of animals or cars, on which children sit and go round and round.
(BRIT)
in AM, use merry-go-round, carousel

3 n-count A roundabout in a park or school play area is a circular platform that children sit or stand on. People push the platform to make it spin round.
(BRIT)
in AM, use merry-go-round

4 adj If you go somewhere by a roundabout route, you do not go there by the shortest and quickest route.
He left today on a roundabout route for Jordan and is also due soon in Egypt.

5 adj If you do or say something in a roundabout way, you do not do or say it in a simple, clear, and direct way.
We made a bit of a fuss in a roundabout way.

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→ round about
→ round
→ swings and roundabouts
→ swing