| 词组 | round |
| 释义 | round [rounded, rounded, rounding] round down round down sth • round sth down to reduce an exact number to the nearest whole number, or the nearest 10, 100 etc, in order to make it simpler + to ▪ Please do not include pence. Round down your calculations to the nearest pound. Example: $17,582.45 becomes $17,582. ► compare ↑round up, ↑round off round off 1. round off sth • round sth off to be a pleasant and suitable way of ending an event, or to do something as a pleasant and suitable way of ending it: ▪ Fresh strawberries will round the meal off nicely. + with ▪ We rounded off the evening with carols around the Christmas tree. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑finish off, ↑top off 2. round off sth • round sth off • round off to change an exact number to the nearest whole number: ▪ Peter's net income after taxes was $3,159 (rounding off to the nearest dollar). ▪ You can work the sum out mentally by rounding off the $1.19 to $1.20, and taking away 1p. ► compare ↑round down, ↑round up 3. round off sth • round sth off if you round off the sharp edges or corners of an object, you make them smooth and round by rubbing them with a special tool: ▪ Use an electric sander to round off the corners. round on/upon ! Round upon is more formal than round on, and is used mostly in writing. round on/upon sb BrE to suddenly attack someone when they do not expect it, either physically or by speaking angrily to them: ▪ Harry got up out of his seat in a flash and rounded on the man: "Don't dare to speak to me that way. If you insult me again I'll punch your fat head." ▪ Sibyl rounded on him, knife in hand, and he moved back out of her reach. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑turn on/upon round out round out sth • round sth out to make something more complete: ▪ A side dish of garlicky potato salad rounded out the meal nicely. ▪ Paul Jenkins on bass guitar, and Mark Hays on drums, round out the rhythm section on this pleasing set of 10 original tunes. round up 1. round sb/sth up • round up sb/sth to find and gather a group of people or animals together: ▪ See if you can round up a few friends to help you. ▪ Shane and two other cowboys rounded up the ponies and drove them into the corral. round-up n C an occasion when animals are collected together: ▪ the annual cattle round-up 2. round up sb • round sb up to search for and find a particular group of people and force them to go to prison: ▪ Police quickly rounded up dozens of suspected terrorists and threw them in jail. ▪ 74,000 French Jews were rounded up by the Nazis and shipped to concentration camps. round-up n C when a particular group of people are taken away and forced to go to prison: ▪ a round-up of suspected drug dealers 3. round up sth • round sth up to increase an exact number to the nearest higher whole number, or the nearest 10, 100 etc above it: ▪ The total came to $299.50, so I rounded it up to $300. ► compare ↑round down, ↑round off round upon ► see ↑round on/upon |
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