round Betydning & definition

Betydning af round på engelsk

• 0 shaped like a circle or globe -- rund

  • a round hole

  • a round stone

  • This plate isn’t quite round.

• 1 rather fat; plump -- rund; buttet

  • a round face.

• 2 in the opposite direction -- rundt; omkring

  • He turned round.

• 3 in a circle -- omkring; rundt

  • They all stood round and listened

  • A wheel goes round

  • All (the) year round.

• 4 from one person to another -- rundt

  • They passed the letter round

  • The news went round.

• 5 from place to place -- rundt; omkring

  • We drove round for a while.

• 6 in circumference -- i omkreds

  • The tree measured two metres round.

• 7 to a particular place, usually a person’s home -- forbi; på besøg

  • Are you coming round (to our house) tonight?

• 8 on all sides of -- rundt omkring; rundt

  • There was a wall round the garden

  • He looked round the room.

• 9 passing all sides of (and returning to the starting-place) -- rundt om

  • They ran round the tree.

• 10 changing direction at -- rundt om; omkring

  • He came round the corner.

• 11 in or to all parts of -- rundt

  • The news spread all round the town.

• 12 a complete circuit -- omgang

  • a round of drinks (= one for everyone present)

  • a round of golf.

• 13 a regular journey one takes to do one’s work -- runde

  • a postman’s round.

• 14 a burst of cheering, shooting etc -- klapsalve; salve

  • They gave him a round of applause

  • The soldier fired several rounds.

• 15 a single bullet, shell etc -- skud

  • five hundred rounds of ammunition.

• 16 a stage in a competition etc -- runde

  • The winners of the first round will go through to the next.

• 17 a type of song sung by several singers singing the same tune starting in succession. -- kanon

• 18 to go round -- dreje om; runde

  • The car rounded the corner.