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Definition of roundhouse in English: roundhousenoun ˈraʊndhaʊsˈraʊndˌhaʊs 1A railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable. （建在转车台周围的）圆形机车维修库 Example sentencesExamples - There were several switches, bridges and tunnels, signals and watertowers, and a roundhouse in the center.
- The complex included a roundhouse built in 1924, and a massive Back Shop, constructed in 1905, along with dozens of other ancillary structures.
2informal A blow given with a wide sweep of the arm. 〈非正式〉大挥拳，大抡拳 he caught Dad on the head with a roundhouse as modifier he'd taken a roundhouse punch Example sentencesExamples - He tried a high roundhouse and was met with an inside crescent by Jordan.
- His cheek was already swelling from the roundhouse and he had a rather nice black eye.
- Then he throws a heavy, slow roundhouse punch at my face.
- Malcolm shook off his captors and landed a roundhouse on the King's mouth, knocking him flat on his back.
- Takemoto, in the middle rounds, attacked him with straight rights, while Saohin responded with roundhouse blows.
- With that retort, Will shoved Mark into a table, but Mark countered, ducking from a roundhouse swing and taking Will's legs out from underneath him.
- Before he got a chance to counter, she launched a sharp roundhouse to his stomach, doubling him over.
- When Angel was finished his swing, Andrea rushed in and threw a roundhouse at his head as quickly as she could.
- The other man took a roundhouse swing at Adam's head but Adam was able to block.
- She switched her stance and lashed out with a double roundhouse, powerful enough to snap bone.
- He gave David a roundhouse and ducked when David tried the same move.
- Outside in the wet grass, Max managed to get back to his feet before the jaguar could jump him and he took a roundhouse swipe at the cat.
- I turned and ran straight into a roundhouse right that drove me into the stack of crates, toppling it.
- He countered with a roundhouse that Ayane caught on her forehead.
- Dean is a fighter, albeit one who needs to learn that in an ideological spat, a well-placed jab often can do more damage than a barrage of roundhouse punches.
- Albert steps forward and swings the book in a roundhouse.
- He pulled him off of her and, dodging a few punches, landed a few jabs and then a roundhouse punch.
- Both are limited to essentially one fighting move, a roundhouse punch, which makes for very repetitive and dull action sequences.
- I was blocking high, to stop the roundhouse, and the sweep caught me totally off guard.
- The fight began with a single word from Harcouth and her opponent opened with a roundhouse that would have broken her jaw had it connected.
- 2.1Baseball A slow, widely curving pitch.
〔棒球〕大弧度慢速球 - 2.2 A wide turn on a surfboard.
（冲浪板上的）大旋转
3historical A cabin or set of cabins on the after part of the quarterdeck of a sailing ship. 〈主史〉艉楼甲板室 Synonyms berth, stateroom, compartment, room, deckhouse, sleeping quarters
Definition of roundhouse in US English: roundhousenounˈraʊndˌhaʊsˈroundˌhous 1A locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable. （建在转车台周围的）圆形机车维修库 Example sentencesExamples - There were several switches, bridges and tunnels, signals and watertowers, and a roundhouse in the center.
- The complex included a roundhouse built in 1924, and a massive Back Shop, constructed in 1905, along with dozens of other ancillary structures.
2informal A blow given with a wide sweep of the arm. 〈非正式〉大挥拳，大抡拳 he caught Dad on the head with a roundhouse as modifier he'd taken a roundhouse punch Example sentencesExamples - Both are limited to essentially one fighting move, a roundhouse punch, which makes for very repetitive and dull action sequences.
- Then he throws a heavy, slow roundhouse punch at my face.
- Dean is a fighter, albeit one who needs to learn that in an ideological spat, a well-placed jab often can do more damage than a barrage of roundhouse punches.
- He pulled him off of her and, dodging a few punches, landed a few jabs and then a roundhouse punch.
- He countered with a roundhouse that Ayane caught on her forehead.
- Albert steps forward and swings the book in a roundhouse.
- She switched her stance and lashed out with a double roundhouse, powerful enough to snap bone.
- When Angel was finished his swing, Andrea rushed in and threw a roundhouse at his head as quickly as she could.
- His cheek was already swelling from the roundhouse and he had a rather nice black eye.
- I was blocking high, to stop the roundhouse, and the sweep caught me totally off guard.
- Malcolm shook off his captors and landed a roundhouse on the King's mouth, knocking him flat on his back.
- He tried a high roundhouse and was met with an inside crescent by Jordan.
- He gave David a roundhouse and ducked when David tried the same move.
- Before he got a chance to counter, she launched a sharp roundhouse to his stomach, doubling him over.
- Outside in the wet grass, Max managed to get back to his feet before the jaguar could jump him and he took a roundhouse swipe at the cat.
- The other man took a roundhouse swing at Adam's head but Adam was able to block.
- The fight began with a single word from Harcouth and her opponent opened with a roundhouse that would have broken her jaw had it connected.
- With that retort, Will shoved Mark into a table, but Mark countered, ducking from a roundhouse swing and taking Will's legs out from underneath him.
- Takemoto, in the middle rounds, attacked him with straight rights, while Saohin responded with roundhouse blows.
- I turned and ran straight into a roundhouse right that drove me into the stack of crates, toppling it.
- 2.1 A wide turn on a surfboard.
（冲浪板上的）大旋转
3historical A cabin or cabins on the after part of the quarterdeck of a sailing ship. 〈主史〉艉楼甲板室 Synonyms berth, stateroom, compartment, room, deckhouse, sleeping quarters
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