round on

To turn on and assail.

突然攻击，责骂

round up

To seek out and bring together; gather.

驱拢；集拢

To herd (cattle) together from various places.

赶拢：把（牛群）从不同的地方赶到一块儿

go the round (或 rounds)

(of a story or joke) be passed on from person to person

（故事，笑话）传遍；传播

round about

on all sides or in all directions; surrounding someone or something

在…周围，环绕；在附近

everything round about was covered with snow.

周围的一切都被雪覆盖了。

at a point or time approximately equal to

大致，约略

they arrived round about nine.

他们大约九点到达。

round the bend

they arrived round about nine.

他们大约九点到达。

round the twist

they arrived round about nine.

他们大约九点到达。

round something off

make the edges or corners of something smooth

把…修圆磨光

round off the spars with a soft plastic fitting.

用软的塑料工具把晶石修圆磨光。

round something out

make something more complete

使更完美；圆满完成

his father insisted he went to university to round out his education.

他的父亲坚持要他上大学来圆满完成他的教育。

round someone/thing up

drive or collect a number of people or animals together for a particular purpose

集拢（分散的人)，赶拢；驱拢（牲口）

in the afternoon the cows are rounded up for milking.

下午牛被驱拢在一起挤奶。

in the round

With the stage in the center of the audience.

舞台设在观众中央的

Fully shaped so as to stand free of a background

形状完整并可脱离背景的

a sculpture in the round.

立体雕像

make the rounds 或 go the rounds

To go from place to place, as on business or for entertainment

巡回：从一地到另一地，如巡回出差或旅行

a delivery truck making the rounds; students going the rounds in the entertainment district.

挨户送货的卡车；逐一在娱乐区玩耍的学生

To be communicated or passed from person to person

在众人中传播：一个人接一个人的传播

The news quickly made the rounds. A piece of juicy gossip is going the rounds.

消息很快就传开了；生动的闲话正传播开去