detour
英 [ˈdiː.tɔːr]
美 [ˈdiː.tʊr]
- vt. 使…绕道而行
- vi. 绕道;迂回
- n. 绕道;便道
- n. (Detour)人名;(法)德图尔
将“detour”分解为“de-”和“tour”。想象“de-”意味着从某个地方“下来”或“离开”,而“tour”指的是旅行或环绕。合起来,就是想象从一个地方出发,走了弯路或绕道,就像做了一次“de-tour”。这样的场景可以帮助你记住“detour”的意思,即绕道而行。
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detour 迂回de-, 向下,离开。-tour, 转,词源同turn, tourism. 即转开,迂回。
- detour (n.)
- 1738, from French détour, from Old French destor "side road, byway; evasion, excuse," from destorner "turn aside," from des- "aside" + tourner "to turn" (see turn (v.)).
- detour (v.)
- 1836 (intransitive); 1905 (transitive), from detour (n.). Related: Detoured; detouring.
- 1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
- 为了防止有人跟踪我,我特地绕了弯路。
- 2. A radio-link automatically advises it of traffic snarls and plots a detour.
- 一个无线电接入装置会自动通知交通拥堵状况,并给出绕行建议。
- 3. They made a 3,000 mile detour simply to prove a point.
- 他们绕行3,000英里只是为了证明自己能够做到。
- 4. We had to make a detour around the flooded fields.
- 我们只得绕道避开被洪水淹没的田野。
- 5. We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.
- 我们绕道走,避开繁忙的交通.