merry-go-round

英 [ˈmeri ɡəʊ raʊnd]

美 [ˈmeri ɡoʊ raʊnd]

n.  旋转木马; 一连串的繁忙活动; 走马灯似的更迭

复数：merry-go-rounds　

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牛津词典

noun

• 旋转木马
  a round platform with model horses, cars, etc. that turns around and around and that children ride on at a fairground
• 旋转木马
  a round platform with model horses, cars, etc. that turns around and around and that children ride on at a fairground
• 一连串的繁忙活动；走马灯似的更迭
  continuous busy activity or a continuous series of changing events
  1. He was tired of the merry-go-round of romance and longed to settle down.
     他厌倦了没完没了的风流韵事，渴望安定下来。

柯林斯词典

• 旋转木马
  Amerry-go-roundis a large circular platform at a fairground on which there are model animals or vehicles for people to sit on or in as it turns round.
• N-COUNT 一连串的相关活动;走马灯似的活动
  You can refer to a continuous series of activities as amerry-go-round.
  1. ...a merry-go-round of teas, fetes, musical events and the like.
     一连串的茶会、游乐会、音乐活动以及诸如此类的事情

英英释义

noun

• a large, rotating machine with seats for children to ride or amusement
  Synonym:carouselcarrouselroundaboutwhirligig
• a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose)
  1. if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over

双语例句

• The information the police received had then on a merry-go-round until they realized they were victims of a hoax.
  警方意识到自己上当受骗后，他们所得到的情报虽花了很大的力气但却毫无价值。
• The phantom of the merry-go-round is just a local superstition.
  旋转木马的幽灵只不过是当地的迷信说法。
• Purchasing a book saved fifty cents per ten dollars worth of rides, but since we were only going on the merry-go-round, we didn't need the extra tickets.
  我买书时每花十块钱就能为骑马省出来五十美分，但自从只玩旋转木马以来，我们就不需要额外的券了。
• We enjoyed the merry-go-round and the small zoo.
  我们喜欢的是旋转木马和小动物园。
• So I have a wish: to ride merry-go-round with my person in heart.
  于是我有个心愿：和喜欢的人做一次旋转木马。
• The merry-go-round clonked up and down.
  旋转木马忽上忽下地发出噔噔声。
• The days before the wedding were a merry-go-round.
  举行婚礼前的那几天忙得像走马灯似地团团转。
• Until the Great Crash of2008, this financial merry-go-round spun regardless.
  直到2008年大崩盘（GreatCrash）之前，这架金融旋转木马都在毫无顾忌地转动着。
• Riding on merry-go-round makes me feel dizzy.
  骑木马让我觉得眩晕。她感到一阵头晕目眩。
• If I had to push that merry-go-round one more time.
  如果我一直去推那个旋转木马。