around

将“around”联想为“around”这个动作，想象一个圆圈（round）围在某个物体周围（around）。这样，单词的拼写和意义就通过一个视觉图景被串联起来了。

around

around: [14] Around was formed in Middle English from the prefix a- ‘on’ and the noun round (perhaps influenced by the Old French phrase a la reonde ‘in the round, roundabout’). It was slow to usurp existing forms such as about – it does not occur in Shakespeare or the 1611 translation of the Bible – and it does not seem to have become strongly established before the end of the 17th century. The adverb and preposition round may be a shortening of around.
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around (adv.)

c. 1300, "in circumference," from phrase on round. Rare before 1600. In sense of "here and there with no fixed direction" it is 1776, American English (properly about). Of time, from 1888. To have been around "gained worldly experience" is from 1927, U.S. colloquial.

1. On Sunday Cohen lay around the house all day.

科恩星期天一整天都在家无所事事。

2. They were knocking around together for about a year.

他们交往大概有一年了。

3. He had twined his chubby arms around Vincent's neck.

他胖乎乎的双臂搂住文森特的脖子。

4. They were going to sail around the little island, against the tide.

他们打算绕着小岛逆潮航行。

5. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people.

阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。

【almost, approximately, about, nearly, roughly, around】
这组词都有“大约，差不多”的意思，其区别是：
almost: 指在程度上相差很小，差不多。
approximately: 多用于书面语，指精确度接近某个标准以致误差可忽略不计。
about: 常可分almost和nearly换用，但about用于表示时间、数量的“大约”时，实际数量可能多也可能少。
nearly: 与almost含义基本相同，侧重指数量、时间或空间上的接近。
roughly: 指按精略估计，常代替about。
around: 多用于非正式场合，常见于美国英语。

【about, round, around】
这组词都有“在周围、在附近”的意思，其区别是：
about: 既可表静态，也可表动态。
round: 主要用于英国，多半指动态。
around: 主要用于美国，静态或动态均可。