1.到處,在各處(in various directions):There lay books about the room.書被扔得滿屋子都是。 /Flowers dot about our school.我們學(xué)校里到處點(diǎn)綴著鮮花。/Sheep and cows are about the lawn.草地上到處都是牛羊。
2.向四周,向各處(to various places):He is traveling about the world.他正在世界各地旅行。 /The headmaster took the foreign guests about the campus.校長帶外賓參觀校園。 /The mice ran away about the house on hearing a cat coming.老鼠們一聽見貓到來就向屋子的四周奔逃。
3.在四周,在周圍,圍繞(round): There are a lot of trees about the house.在房子的周圍有許多樹木。 /There is a fence about his garden.他的菜園的四周圍了一道籬笆。 /The children sat about Lei Feng.孩子們圍著雷鋒而坐。
4.在附近(in the vicinity of, near):Mr. An bought a house about the school.安先生在學(xué)校附近買了房子。 /The parents are chatting and their children are playing with toys about them. 父母們在聊天,孩子們在他們