detour

• vt. 使…绕道而行
• vi. 绕道；迂回
• n. 绕道；便道
• n. (Detour)人名；(法)德图尔

de-, 向下，离开。-tour, 转，词源同turn, tourism. 即转开，迂回。

detour (n.)

1738, from French détour, from Old French destor "side road, byway; evasion, excuse," from destorner "turn aside," from des- "aside" + tourner "to turn" (see turn (v.)).

detour (v.)

1836 (intransitive); 1905 (transitive), from detour (n.). Related: Detoured; detouring.

1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.

为了防止有人跟踪我，我特地绕了弯路。

来自柯林斯例句

2. A radio-link automatically advises it of traffic snarls and plots a detour.

一个无线电接入装置会自动通知交通拥堵状况，并给出绕行建议。

来自柯林斯例句

3. They made a 3,000 mile detour simply to prove a point.

他们绕行3,000英里只是为了证明自己能够做到。

来自柯林斯例句

4. 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。

来自《权威词典》

5. We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.

我们绕道走,避开繁忙的交通.

来自《简明英汉词典》