detour
US: /ˈditʊɹ/, /dɪˈtʊɹ/
UK: /dˈiːtɔː/
UK: /dˈiːtɔː/
English Vietnamese dictionary
detour /di'tuə/
- danh từ
- khúc ngoặt, chỗ quanh co, đường vòng
- to make a detour: đi vòng quanh
- (nghĩa bóng) sự đi chệch hướng, sự đi sai đường
- khúc ngoặt, chỗ quanh co, đường vòng
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb
+ noun
1 a longer route that you take in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place: We had to make a detour around the flooded fields. + It's well worth making a detour to see the village.
2 (AmE) = DIVERSION
+ verb (AmE) ~ (to ...) to take a longer route in order to avoid a problem or to visit a place; to make sb/sth take a longer route: [V] The President detoured to Chicago for a special meeting. [also VN]
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 diversion, deviation, circuitous route or way, roundabout way, bypass:
The detour took us five miles out of our way.
v.
2 deviate, turn (away) from, divert, bypass:
I detoured from the main road and took a short cut.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
lengthy, long | brief, short, small
VERB + DETOUR
make, take
We had to make a lengthy detour through the backstreets.
| be worth
The monument is well worth a detour.
PREP.
~ around
Trucks now face a five-mile detour around the bridge.
| ~ through, ~ to
The ship made a detour to the south.
Concise English dictionary
detours|detoured|detouring'diː‚tʊə
noun
+a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)
verb
+travel via a detour
