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1. PHRASE If something happens all year round, it happens throughout the year. 全年

Many of these plants are evergreen, so you can enjoy them all year round. 这些植物中有许多都是四季常青的，所以可以全年观赏。

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1. N-COUNT A round of events is a series of related events, especially one which comes after or before a similar series of events. (一) 轮

It was agreed that another round of preliminary talks would be held in Beijing. 商定了又一轮预备会谈将在北京举行。

2. N-COUNT In sports, a round is a series of games in a competition. The winners of these games go on to play in the next round, and so on, until only one player or team is left. (运动比赛的) 一轮; 一场

...in the third round of the Ryder Cup. …莱德杯高尔夫球赛的第三轮。

3. N-COUNT In a boxing or wrestling match, a round is one of the periods during which the boxers or wrestlers fight. (拳击或摔跤比赛的) 回合

He was declared the victor in the 11th round. 他在第11个回合被宣布为获胜者。

4. N-COUNT A round of golf is one game, usually including 18 holes. (高尔夫球赛的) 一场

...two rounds of golf. …两场高尔夫球赛。

5. N-COUNT If you do your rounds or your round, you make a series of visits to different places or people, for example as part of your job. 巡访

The doctors still did their morning rounds. 医生们依旧做晨访。

6. N-COUNT If you buy a round of drinks, you buy a drink for each member of the group of people that you are with. (一) 巡 (饮料)

They sat on thesnd clubhouse terrace, downing a round of drinks. 他们都坐在那个俱乐部会所的露台上，豪饮着一巡饮料。

7. N-COUNT A round of ammunition is the bullet or bullets released when a gun is fired. 射击一次的量

...firing 1,650 rounds of ammunition during a period of ten minutes. …10分钟发射1650堂弹药。

8. N-COUNT If there is a round of applause, everyone claps their hands to welcome someone or to show that they have enjoyed something. (一) 阵 (掌声)

Sue got a sympathetic round of applause. 苏获得了一阵同情的掌声。

9. PHRASE If you make the rounds or do the rounds, you visit a series of different places. 巡访

After school, I had picked up Nick and Ted and made the rounds of the dry cleaner and the food stores. 放学后，我接了尼克和特德,然后去了那干洗店和食品店。

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1. ADJ Something that is round is shaped like a circle or ball. 圆形的

She had small feet and hands and a flat, round face. 她有一对小手小脚和一张扁平的圆脸。

2. ADJ A round number is a multiple of 10, 100, 1,000, and so on. Round numbers are used instead of precise ones to give the general idea of a quantity or proportion. 整十，整百，整千…的数[ADJ n]

I asked how much silver could be bought for a million dollars, which seemed a suitably round number. 我问了100万美元，这似乎是个合适的整数，能买多少白银。

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1. V-T If you round a place or obstacle, you move in a curve past the edge or corner of it. 绕过

The house disappeared from sight as we rounded a corner. 那栋房屋在我们绕过街角时从视线中消失了。

2. V-T If you round an amount up or down, or if you round it off, you change it to the nearest whole number or nearest multiple of 10, 100, 1000, and so on. 四舍五入

We needed to do decimals to round up and round down numbers. 我们需要把小数四舍五入成整数。

The fraction was then multiplied by 100 and rounded to the nearest half or whole number. 该分数然后被乘以100，再四舍五入成半数或者整数。

3. →see also rounded