Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are earlyexamples. The namecomes from the Latinturbo, meaningvortex, and thus the definingproperty of a turbine is that a fluid or gasturns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can performusefulwork.
I left my keyssomewherearound here. I left the housearound 10 this morning. There isn't anotherhouse here for milesaround. I'll see you around [the neighbourhood, etc.]
The pages from the notebook were scatteredaround the room. Those teenagerslike tohangaround the mall.
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用于句中
Continuouswatchfulness is maintainedaround the clock.
He's the newkid on the block and doesn't know the way we do thingsaround here yet. Cut him some slack and let him learn from this.
While waltzing her around the room, he stepped on her toes only once.
用于句首
Around 1960 the town house — 1081 FifthAvenue, at 89th Street — was pulleddown tomake way for 1080FifthAvenue, and the boiseries were removed.
Aroundhalf of the participantssaid SRH is importantmatter of concernonly forsexuallyactivepeople and nonindulgence in premarital or highrisksexensuresgood SRH.
Around the time of my parents' divorce, I learned that reading could also give mespace.
用于句尾
Hey, don't take it personally. I was only messingaround.
Jake has more for-realcombatskills and lessbluster than anyonearound.
Clean out your purse and at leastgetridof all the trash you're haulingaround.