- 围着，绕着，环绕着；围于，围绕；包围：
to tie paper around a package
用纸包扎一个包裹
to travel around the world
作环球旅行
- [口语]在…附近，在近处；在围绕…的区域内：
the street around the British Museum
不列颠博物馆附近的街道
the country around Chicago
芝加哥市的近郊
- 在…周围，在…四周，朝…四周：
a halo around his head
在他头四周的光环
You have only to look around to see the prosperity of the district.
你只要环顾四周，就可看到这个地区的繁荣。
- 在各个方面；从…各个方向；在所有或不同的方向上：
to look around
往四处看
- 从一处到另一处，去…各处：
to get around a city
在市里到处走走
to roam around the country
在国内到处漫游
to wonder around the world
漫游世界
- 到处，在…各处；遍及：
There are many cafes (或 mailboxes) around the city.
这城市到处都有许多餐馆(或邮筒)。
- 绕过，越过；绕到彼岸，(围着某处)绕圈：
to go (或row) around the lake
绕湖走(或划船)
to sail around a cape
驾船绕过一海角
- (围着一中心或轴心)转动，围绕(中心)：
the earth's motion around its axis
地球绕地轴的运动
- 在…的边缘，在…的边界，在外围：
She is wearing a skirt with brait (或 fringe) around the bottom.
她穿着一条底边镶花边的裙子。
- 在附近某处，在里面：
to stay around the house
呆在家里
- 在…那边；在拐角处，过拐弯处，转弯处：
How far is it from here? —Just around the corner.
离这多远?—就在拐角处。
the church around the corner
在拐角处的教堂
- 在身边，亲近，接近：
Only the few advisers around the party leader understood his real motives.
只有少数接近党领导人的顾问们才了解他的真正动机。
- 以…为中心；以…为基础：
The novel is built around a little-known historical event.
该小说以一个不知名的历史事件为基础写作的。
- 克服(困难、障碍等) ：
They got around the lack of chairs by sitting on the floor.
他们坐在地板上克服了椅子缺乏的困难。