汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 兜圈子
dōu quān zi
兜圈子
to encircle / to go around / to circle / to beat about the bush
回旋 盘旋 转弯 旁敲侧击 绕弯子 拐弯抹角 转弯抹角 绕弯儿 藏头露尾 绕圈子
❶绕圈儿：飞机在树林子上空兜了两个圈子就飞走了。❷比喻不照直说话：别跟我～，有话直截了当地说吧。
兜 dōu 圈 quān/juàn/juān 子 zi/zǐ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

她牵着马兜圈子。

She walked the horse round in a circle.

飞机在着陆跑道上空兜圈子。

The aircraft circled round [around] over the landing strip.

别跟我兜圈子，我知道是你干的。

Don't play silly games with me; I know you did it.

还记得我们过去总得跟他们兜圈子的事吧？

Remember how we used to have to work around them?

在沙漠电影中，总是反复出现这样的场景——一群迷路的人试图穿越沙丘找到出去的路，最终却是在兜圈子。

It's a recurring scene in desert movies - a group of lost people try to find their way through the dunes but end up walking round in circles.

这种引导消除了顾客在停车场无尽地兜圈子的必要，而且避免了顾客之间因抢占空车位而引发的冲突。

This guidance eliminated the need for customers to circle the parking lot endlessly, and avoided confrontation between those eyeing the same parking space.

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