a longer route that you take in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place 绕行的路;迂回路;兜圈子 We had to make a detour around the flooded fields. 我们只得绕道避开被洪水淹没的田野。 It's well worth making a detour to see the village. 绕道去参观一下这村子很是值得。
Extra ExamplesTopics Transport by car or lorryc2The monument is well worth a detour. 纪念碑很值得我们绕道去看。 The ship made a detour to the south. 船绕行到了南边。 Trucks now face a five-mile detour around the bridge. 现在卡车得行驶 5 英里绕开这座桥。 We had to make a lengthy detour through the backstreets. 我们只好走偏僻街道,绕了很长一段路。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lengthy
- long
- brief
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- make
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- route
- sign
- detour around
- detour from
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- (North American English) (British English diversion)
a road or route that is used when the usual one is closed 临时绕行路;临时支路 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- lengthy
- long
- brief
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- make
- take
- be worth
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- route
- sign
- detour around
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Word Originmid 18th cent. (as a noun): from French détour ‘change of direction’, from détourner ‘turn away’.