prep.到处；在 ... 附近；围绕；大约；符合
adv.到处；在周围；现有；闲散地；转弯；掉头
adj.存在的；在风行的
He runs around the playground. 他在运动场上到处跑。
I saw him around the place this morning. 今天早上我看见他就在那儿附近。
There're around 1000 employees in this company. 这个公司大约有1000名员工。
I can't arrange everythnig around your timetable. 我不可能事事都按照你的时刻表安排。
用作副词 (adv.)We have travelled around in Europe for six weeks. 我们在欧洲各地旅行了六个星期。
You have 15 minutes to look around. 你有15分钟的时间到周围看看。
There was more money around in those days. 那年头比现在富裕。
There were several young people sitting around looking bored. 有几个年青人闲坐着，一副无聊的样子。
He turned around as he heard a noise behind him. 他听到身后有响声，便转过身来。
用作形容词 (adj.)He is the most intelligent artist around today. 他是如今在世的最有才华的艺术家。
There are many new cars around. 有大量新车上市。
around和round相似，均作副词和介词用。美国人习惯用around，如下列各例句： He turned around.Like the moon, the artificial satellites move around the earth.I went around to the post-office.Around 800 men came.
around有一些固定的搭配，如around and about，around and above，all around等。而有时不可用around，如winter comes around，all the year around，win one around等；
round与around的比较：round常指在圈内或者曲线上的移动或定位。英国人还常用round作“去到一个地方的每个部分”或“分东西给组里的每个人”。而around则指不明确的，模糊的移动或定位。 She walked round the car and looked at the wheels. We walked round the old part of the town.Could you pass the cups round, please? The children were running around/about everywhere.
adv.(副词)around的基本意思是“在周围,在附近”“到处,四周”,指地理位置。
around作“大约”解时，主要用于数字前，有时也用于表示时间的短语前。
around作“恢复过来”解时主要用于健康状况或意识方面。
around常用在动词后面作状语，还可用作表语或置于名词后作定语。作“恢复过来”解时还常用作宾语补足语。
around作“流通着的；可利用的”“见过世面的；阅历广的；经验丰富的”解时多用于口语，一般用于完成时中。
around用作副词时不用于比较等级。
