副词 ad.

1.到处,四处

Just drive me around.

开车带我四处走走就行了。2.周围,附近

Let me see if he is around.

我看看他是否在附近。3.向相反方向

She turned around to see who was calling her.

她转身看谁在叫她。4.环绕;循环地

The windmill kept turning around.

风车不停地转动着。5.大约

The journey will take around ten days.

这次旅行大约要用十天时间。

介词 prep.

1.围绕,环绕

They sat around the table.

他们围桌而坐。2.在...四处

Ann travelled around Europe for a few months.

安妮在欧洲各地旅游了数月。3.在...附近

She liked to work around her own home.

她喜爱在她自己家的附近工作。4.绕过

They went around the town, not through it.

他们没有穿过而是绕过该镇而行。5.大约,将近

He went to the United States around 1987.

他大约是在一九八七年去美国的。