"a few spectators standing about"
"hanging around"
"waited around for the next flight"
"He came all the way around the base"
"the road goes around the pond"
"wandering about with no place to go"
"people were rushing about"
"news gets around (or about)"
"traveled around in Asia"
"he needs advice from someone who's been around"
"she sleeps around"
"The wheels are spinning around"
"lasted approximately an hour"
"in just about a minute"
"he's about 30 years old"
"I've had about all I can stand"
"we meet about once a month"
"some forty people came"
"weighs around a hundred pounds"
"roughly $3,000"
"holds 3 gallons, more or less"
"20 or so people were at the party"
"about face"
"suddenly she turned around"
"she came around to see me"
"I invited them around for supper"
"dirty clothes lying around (or about)"
"let's look about for help"
"There were trees growing all around"
"she looked around her"
"the trunk is ten feet around"
"the pond is two miles around"
"It rains all year round on Skye"
"frigid weather the year around"
He turned around.Like the moon, the artificial satellites move around the earth.
英国人习惯用round,如上面的前三个例句,他们习惯把around改成round,而最后一句,则改成about。
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.