tour
UK/tʊə(r)/US/tuә/
NGSL 2kIELTSA2
Definitions
n.
A journey for pleasure in which several places are visited.
旅游，参观（依次游览多处地方的旅程）。
n.
A series of performances or matches in different places.
巡回演出；巡回比赛。
v.
To travel through a place, or to perform in several places, as part of a tour.
在……旅游／参观；巡回演出（于）。
Root Breakdown
Root-derivedFrom the tornāre 'turn' strand of this root, via Old French. A tour was originally a 'turn' — a journey that loops out and circles back, not a one-way trip. That round-trip image survives in a world tour or a band's concert tour: you go round and end up home.
Root tort still carries 27 more wordsCommon Collocations
- 1.guided tour导览游
- 2.world tour世界巡回
- 3.go on a tour去旅游／巡演
- 4.tour de force精彩之作／力作
- 5.walking tour徒步游
Example Sentences
- 1.
We took a guided tour of the old castle this morning.
- 2.
The band is on a world tour to promote their new album.
- 3.
She toured Italy by train for three weeks.