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round-table是什么意思

round-table

['raund,teibl]

adj. 圆桌的；协商的；非正式的

英文词源

round-table (n.): also roundtable, 1826 in reference to a gathering of persons in which all are accorded equal status (there being no head of a round table.) King Arthur's Round Table is attested from c. 1300, translating Old French table ronde (1155, in Wace's Roman de Brut).

双语例句

1. It was just then that I chanced to look round.: 就在那时，我恰好环顾了下四周。

2. I shivered and pulled my scarf more tightly round my neck.: 我打了个寒战，用围巾把脖子围得更紧了。

3. He tramped hurriedly round the lake towards the garden.: 他匆匆地迈着沉重的步伐绕过湖边向花园走去。

4. Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster.: 满眼金星乱转，而且越转越快。

5. We sat round the fire to keep ourselves warm.: 我们围坐在火边取暖。