'around' هو مصطلح مرتبط بـ 'about'. ستجده في سطر أو أكثر أدناه.'around' is cross-referenced with 'about'. It is in one or more of the lines below.
ترجمات إضافية |
around, also UK: about adv | (size, amount: approximately) | تقريبًا |
| It's around three inches tall and an inch wide. |
| طولها ثلاث بوصات تقريبًا وعرضها بوصة واحدة تقريبًا. |
around, also UK: about prep | (quantity: approximately) | نحو، حوالي |
| It takes around 60 gallons of water to grow one avocado. |
| يلزم نحو 225 لترًا من الماء لتنمو ثمرة أفوكادو واحدة. |
around, also UK: about adj | informal (in existence) | موجود، قيد الوجود |
| Plastic chairs have been around for thirty years. |
around, also UK: about adj | informal (present, nearby) | هنا |
| Is she around? I want to ask her something. |
| هل هي هنا؟ أريد أن أطلب منها شيئًا. |
around, also UK: about adv | (on every side) | من حوله |
| It's a beautiful house with trees all around. |
| إنه بيت جميل وهناك أشجار من حوله. |
around, also UK: about adv | (in circumference) | دائرة، محيط |
| The vase is ten centimetres around. |
| دائرة المزهرية عشرة سنتيمترات؛ يبلغ محيط المزهرية عشرة سنتيمترات. |
around, also UK: about adv | (surrounding a place) | حول المكان، في المكان |
| There are lots of shops around. |
around, also UK: about adv | used in compounds (in circulation) | منتشر |
| There are rumours going around. |
around adv | (with roundabout direction) | باتجاه دائري |
| The road goes around to the orchard. |
around adv | (in a circuit) | دائريًّا، في مسار دائريّ |
| The crowd watched with excitement as the cars raced around. |
around, also UK: round adv | (over: to a certain place) | - |
ملاحظة: تستعمل للإشارة إلى مكان محدد |
| She came around to my house. |
| I drove round to the office to pick up some files. |
| أتت إلى بيتي. // توجّهت بالسيارة إلى المكتب لأخذ بعض الملفات. |
around prep | (in, near) | في |
| Is James around the office somewhere? |
| هل جيمس في مكان ما من المكتب؟ |
around prep | (to various parts of) | إلى أماكن متعددة |
| We should go around town and put posters up. |
around prep | (centred on) | حول |
| The course is organized around important historical events. |
| يتمحور المقرّر حول أحداث تاريخية هامة. |
أفعال مركّبيّة around | about |
arse about, arse around vi phrasal | vulgar, informal, UK (behave in a frivolous way) | يتلهّى، يضيّع الوقت |
bandy [sth] about, bandy about [sth], bandy [sth] around, bandy around [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (spread ideas about [sth/sb]) | يتداول شيئًا، ينشر شيئًا، يردّد شيئًا |
bandy [sth] around vtr phrasal sep | (word, term: use carelessly) | يلقي الكلام جزافًا |
bang around, also UK: bang about vi phrasal | (move about clumsily) (في سيره وتحركه) | يضجّ، يحدث ضجيجًا |
| The baby woke up in the middle of the night, crying, because Joe was banging around in the kitchen. |
bat [sth] around, also UK: bat [sth] about vtr phrasal sep | figurative, informal (discuss casually) | يناقش شيئًا، يتبادل الآراء حول شيء |
bat around vi phrasal | US, informal (travel) | يتنقل، يتجول |
blunder about, blunder around vi phrasal | (move clumsily) | يتحرّك متعثّرًا |
boss [sb] around, boss around [sb], also UK: boss [sb] about, boss about [sb] vtr phrasal sep | informal (order about) | يعطي شخص أوامر، يتأمر على شخص |
| My manager likes to boss people around. |
| مديري يحب أن يعطي الناس أوامر باستمرار. |
build [sth] around [sth] vtr phrasal sep | (base on) | يؤسّس شيئًا على شيء، يجعل شيئًا يدور حول شيء، يجعل شيئًا يتمحور حول شيء |
bum around vi phrasal | US, slang (be idle) | يتكاسل |
| Over the holidays, I just bummed around and watched TV. |
bum around vi phrasal | US, slang (live as vagrant) | يعيش حياة التجوال |
buzz around vi phrasal | (bee: fly with humming sound) (نحل) | يطنُّ متنقِّلاً |
buzz around vi phrasal | informal, figurative ([sb]: move busily) | ينهمك، ينشغل |
| He's always buzzing around doing chores. |
carry [sth] around vtr phrasal sep | (take everywhere) | يأخذ شيئًا معه |
cat around vi phrasal | slang (look for sex) (مجازي) | يلعب بذيله |
| Wives don't want their husbands to cat around with other women. |
center around [sth] (US), centre around [sth] (UK) vtr phrasal insep | (be based on, concerned with) | يدور حول شيء، يتمحور حول شيء، يتركز على شيء |
clown around, also UK: clown about vi phrasal | informal (play the fool, behave in a silly way) | يهرّج |
| One can never take him seriously; he's always clowning around. |
come around, also UK: come round vi phrasal | informal (recover consciousness) | يستعيد الوعي |
| The patient came around soon after his operation. |
come around, also UK: come round vi phrasal | figurative (be persuaded) | يقتنع |
| My parents aren't keen on my new boyfriend, but they'll come round when they get to know him. |
come around, also UK: come round to [sth] vi phrasal + prep | (revise your opinion) | يعيد النظر ويوافق على شيء |
| Steve eventually came round to my opinion. |
come around, also UK: come round vi phrasal | (date, event: occur again) (تاريخ، حدث) | يعود |
| Jill always feels sad when the anniversary of her husband's death comes around. |
diddle around vi phrasal | informal, US (waste time) | يضيّع وقته |
diddle around with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal, US (waste time on [sth]) | يضيّع الوقت في/على شيء |
| The teenager spent the afternoon diddling around with his phone. |
drag around vi phrasal | (move, act slowly) | يتسكع |
| She didn't feel like doing anything, so she just dragged around all day. |
drop around, also UK: drop round vi phrasal | informal (visit [sb]'s house) (ليزور شخصًا) | يأتي، يمرّ |
| Steve dropped round earlier, while you were out; I said you'd phone him when you got back. |
drop around, also UK: drop [sth] round vtr phrasal sep | informal (bring [sth]) | يحضر شيئًا، يجلب شيئًا |
| As you'll be passing my house anyway, could you drop that paperwork around? |
faff around vi phrasal | UK, informal (waste time doing [sth] trivial) (يضيع الوقت بتوافه الأمور) | - |
fart around, also UK: fart about vi phrasal | vulgar, informal (spend time foolishly) | يضيِّع الوقت |
fiddle around, also UK: fiddle about vi phrasal | informal (waste time doing [sth] trivial) | يتسلى، يتلهّى |
| He began to fiddle around doing crossword puzzles, but soon noticed his English was improving. |
fiddle around with [sth], also UK: fiddle about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (play absent-mindedly with) | يلعب بشيء دون انتباه، يعبث بشيء دون تركيز |
| She fiddled around with the things on her desk while I was talking. |
fiddle around with [sth], also UK: fiddle about with [sth] vi phrasal + prep | informal (alter or adjust unhelpfully) | يضيّع الوقت في محاولة إصلاح شيء |
| He loved to fiddle about with old cars, but never actually fixed them up. |
flail around, also UK: flail about vi phrasal | (thrash about) | يُصارع شيئًا |
| | يُجاهد شيئًا |
float around, float about vi phrasal | (idea: widely discussed) | يُتداول على نطاق واسع |
float around, float about vi phrasal | (be somewhere unknown) | يكون في مكان ما |
follow [sb] around vtr phrasal sep | (trail [sb]) | يتبع شخص |
| | يتتبّع شخص |
| He followed me around all day. |
fool around, fool about vi phrasal | informal (act in silly way) | يهرّج |
| The teacher told Bobby to stop fooling around in class. |
fool around, fool about vi phrasal | informal (not be productive) | يلتهي، يعبث |
| The boss doesn't like people fooling around when they should be working. |
fool around vi phrasal | slang (have casual sex) | يقيم علاقة جنسية عابرة |
| Helen suspects that her husband has been fooling around. |
fool around with [sb] vtr phrasal insep | slang (have casual sex) | ينشيء علاقات جنسية عابرة |
| He had fooled around with every girl in town before he met Helen. |
fool around with [sth] vtr phrasal insep | informal (amuse yourself) | يتسلى بشيء |
| Ben spent the afternoon fooling around with his new camera. |
f*** around, also UK: f*** about vi phrasal | vulgar, offensive!!, informal (waste time) | يضيّع الوقت |
| Stop f***ing about and get on with your work! |
f*** around vi phrasal | vulgar, offensive!!, informal (have casual sex) | يقيم علاقات جنسية هنا وهناك |
| Stan was devastated when he discovered his girlfriend had been f***ing around behind his back. |
fumble around, UK: fumble about vi phrasal | (do things clumsily) | يحاول القيام بشيء |
| | يتلمّس طريقه |
| He's fumbling around in the kitchen; can't you hear the noise? |
| إنه يحاول القيام بشيء في المطبخ. ألا تسمع الضجيج؟ |
gad around [sth], gad about [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (wander or travel around a place) | يتجوّل في شيء |
| We decided to gad around town for a while. |
gather round, US: gather around vi phrasal | (congregate) | يجمّع، يستجمع |
| Gather round everybody! Richard has something to say! |
get around vi phrasal | informal (travel) | يسافر، يتنقّل |
| I certainly get around in my job. This year, I've travelled to Korea, Australia and South Africa. |
get around vi phrasal | (move about) | يتجول |
| His arthritis makes it difficult for him to get around. |
get around [sth], also UK: get round [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (circumvent) | يتجنب شيئًا |
| (مجازي) | يدور حول شيء |
| You can't get around the problem by pretending it doesn't exist. |
get around, also UK: get round, get about vi phrasal | informal (circulate) | ينتشر |
| When word got around that she was baking cookies, all the children appeared at her door. |
get around to [sth], also UK: get round to [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (find time) | يجد الفرصة لـ، يجد الوقت لـ، يتحيّن الفرصة لـ |
| Bill eventually got round to the washing-up. |
get around to doing [sth], also UK: get round to doing [sth] vtr phrasal insep | (find time) | يجد الفرصة لـ، يجد الوقت لـ، يتحيّن الفرصة لـ |
| One of these days, I will get around to making the trip to Paris. |
go around, also UK: go round vi phrasal | (rotate, revolve) | يدور، يدوّم |
| The baby watched the top go round and laughed. |
| Each of the beautifully painted horses became visible as the carousel went around. |
go around, also UK: go round vi phrasal | (be shared by all) | للجميع |
| Do you think there'll be enough loaves and fishes to go around? |
go around, also UK: go round, go about vi phrasal | (illness: be transmitted) | ينتشر |
| There's a nasty strain of flu going around. |
go around, also UK: go round, go about vi phrasal | (be in a state habitually) | من عادته... |
| He goes around looking filthy. |
| She goes about as if she owns the place. |
| من عادته أن يكون مظهره قذرًا. // من عادتها أن تتصرف كما لو أنها تملك المكان. |
go around, also UK: go round, go about vi phrasal | figurative, informal (circulate, spread) | ينتشر، يسري |
| There's a rumour going round that you're cheating on Tim. |
| تسري شائعة بأنك تخونين تيم. |
go around, also UK: go round vi phrasal | informal (pay a visit to [sb]) | يزور |
| I'll go round to your place when I'm done. |
goof around vi phrasal | US, slang (behave in a silly way) | يتلهّى، يهرِّج |
| If you're done goofing around, maybe we could get some work done? |
hang around, also UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (loiter) | يتسكع |
| It's annoying when youths hang around at the bus stop intimidating customers. |
hang around, also UK: hang about vi phrasal | informal (wait, be kept waiting) | ينتظر |
| I hung around for 30 minutes but Steve didn't show up. |
صيغ مركبة: around | about |
a millstone around your neck (US), a millstone round your neck (UK) expr | figurative (burden: mental or emotional) | عبء، حمل على كاهله |
all around (US), all round (UK) adv | (everywhere) | في كل مكان |
| Prices have increased all around. |
all around (US), all round (UK) adv | informal (for everyone) | للجميع |
| Joe called for drinks all around to celebrate his good news. |
all around (US), all round (UK) adv | (in all aspects) | من كل الجوانب |
| This is a better solution all round. |
all around [sth/sb] (US), all round [sth/sb] (UK) prep | (surrounding) | حوله |
| David looked all around him, but Eleanor was nowhere to be seen. |
all-around (US), all-round (UK) adj | (versatile, multi-skilled) | متعدد المهارات |
| Joe has developed into an all-around player for the basketball team. |
all-around (US), all-round (UK) adj | (comprehensive, overall) | شامل، شمولي |
| The school aims to provide an all-around education for its students. |
around fifty adj | (about 50 in number) | حوالي الخمسين |
| There were around fifty different tables at the job fair. |
around the clock adv | (all the time) | على مدار الساعة |
ملاحظة: A hyphen is used when the term is an adjective |
| The engineers are working around the clock to get the project finished on time. |
around-the-clock adj | (constant) | على مدار الساعة |
| His mother is very sick and needs around-the-clock care. |
around the corner adv | figurative (in the near future) | في المستقبل القريب |
| | على الأبواب |
| It's best to be prepared because you never know what's around the corner. |
| يجدر بك الاستعداد فأنت لا تعرف ما ينتظرك في المستقبل القريب. |
around the corner adv | (nearby) | بالقرب، على مقربة |
| A new bakery opened recently around the corner. |
| افتُتح مؤخرًا مخبز جديد بالقرب منا. |
around the world adv | (in many countries) | في جميع أنحاء العالم، حول العالم |
| The Internet allows people around the world to share information. |
around the world adv | (circumnavigating the world) | حول العالم |
| Ferdinand Magellan's ship sailed around the world in the 1500s. |
ask around v expr | (consult many people) (عددًا من الأشخاص عن شيء) | يسأل |
be lugged around vi | informal ([sth] heavy: be carried) (شيء ثقيل) | يُحمل |
| The heavy suitcase was lugged around the airport by my mother. |
| كانت والدتي تحمل الحقيبة الثقيلة وهي تتنقل في المطار. |
beat around the bush, also UK: beat about the bush v expr | figurative (avoid getting to the point) (مجازي) | يلفّ، يلفّ ويدور |
| Stop beating around the bush and give me the real reason! |
beating around the bush, beating about the bush n | (not getting to the point) (مجازي) | يلفّ ويدور |
| All this beating around the bush is starting to annoy me; just say yes or no! |
buzz around [sth] vi + prep | (bee: fly with humming sound) (نحل) | يطير بطنينه حول شيء |
| I don't like it when bees buzz around my head. |
buzz around [sth] vi + prep | informal, figurative ([sb]: move busily) | يروح ويجيء في أرجاء شيء |
| She buzzed around the office, completing task after task. |
cart [sth] around vtr + adv | (move by cart) | يحرك بعربة |
center on [sth] (US), center around [sth], centre on [sth], centre around [sth] (UK) vi + prep | (focus on) | يتركّز حول شيء |
| The film's plot centres on a falling-out between two friends. |
center around [sth] (US), centre around [sth] (UK) vi + prep | (cluster around) | يتجمّع حول شيء |
change [sth] around, change around [sth] (US), change [sth] round, change [sth] round (UK) vtr + adv | (rearrange [sth]) | يعيد ترتيب شيء |
| You can change around the icons on your computer to make them more convenient. |
| The coach changed the players around to balance out the teams. |
change around, changearound, change round n | (rearrangement, shift) | تغيير، تبديل |
| The change around in the team's coaching has helped them win many more games this year. |
chauffeur [sb] around⇒ vtr | informal, figurative (transport: [sb] by car) | يجُول بشخص بالسيارة |
| Mike's mom chauffeured him around to all of his activities.. |
cluster around [sb/sth] vi + prep | (gather) | يجتمع حول، يلتف حول |
| During story time, the students clustered around their teacher and listened intently. |
come around, also UK: come round vi + adv | (visit [sb]) | يزور |
| If you come round later, we can do our homework together. |
dab [sth] around [sth] vtr + prep | (apply by dabbing) | يدهن شيئًا |
| Dab the pieces of butter around the top of the pie. |
d***ing around n | slang (frivolous or time wasting activity) | عبث، لهو |
| He got fired because d***ing around was his only real skill. |
dodge around [sth/sb] vi + prep | (move quickly around) | يمر مسرعًا |
| The runner dodged around the people in his path. |
ferret around vi + adv | informal (search) | يبحث |
| Jim ferreted around in the records. |
| أخذ جيم يبحث في السجلات. |
ferret around for [sth] v expr | informal (search) | يبحث عن شيء |
| The lawyer ferreted around for any evidence that the police might have missed. |
| أخذ المحامي يبحث عن أدلة لم تنتبه الشرطة لها. |
futz, futz around vi | US, slang (waste time) | يضيِّع الوقت |
get around doing [sth], also UK: get round doing [sth] v expr | (avoid doing) | يتفادى، يتجنب |
| The politician got around answering the question by changing the subject. |
| The businessman got around paying his taxes by using a loophole in the law. |
get round to [sth], get around to [sth] v expr | (find time for) | يجد الوقت لشيء |
| I didn't get round to any of the tasks on my to-do list today. |
get round to doing [sth], get around to doing [sth] v expr | (find time to do) | يجد الوقت لفعل شيء |
| This wall is so grubby; I must get round to repainting it. |
get your head around [sth], get your head round [sth] v expr | informal (understand) | يفهم شيئًا، يستوعب شيئًا |
ملاحظة: Often used in the negative |
| I'm trying to get my head around the subjunctive, but I'm still not sure when to use it. |
go around [sth], also UK: go round [sth] vi + prep | (encircle, surround) | يطوّق، يلفّ |
| I had grown so fat that none of my belts would go around my waist. |
go around [sth], also UK: go round [sth] vi + prep | (change path to avoid hitting [sth]) | يلتفّ حول شيء |
| The radio advised of heavy traffic downtown, so we went around the city instead. |