detour

迂回路、回り道

予定していた道やいつもの道とは違う、たいていより長い道。

やさしい英語で： A different, often longer route taken instead of your planned or usual route.

• We took a detour.
• The roadworks forced us to make a long detour.
• A short detour brought us past the lake.

使い方： detour around something (The detour around the bridge added ten minutes.); detour via somewhere (We took a detour via the coast.)

類義語： diversion, alternative route

よく使う表現： take a detour, make a detour, short detour

迂回する、回り道をする

予定とは違う、たいていより長い道を通ること。

やさしい英語で： To go by a different, often longer route than the one you planned.

• We had to detour.
• The bus detoured around the closed bridge.
• Can we detour through the park on our way home?

使い方： detour around something (We detoured around the flooded road.); detour through somewhere (They detoured through a nearby village.)

類義語： divert, go around

よく使う表現： detour around something, detour through town, detour via somewhere