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.
雙語例句
1. In case anyone was following me, I made an elaborate detour.
為了防止有人跟蹤我，我特地繞了彎路。
來自柯林斯例句
2. A radio-link automatically advises it of traffic snarls and plots a detour.
一個無線電接入裝置會自動通知交通擁堵狀況，并給出繞行建議。
來自柯林斯例句
3. They made a 3,000 mile detour simply to prove a point.
他們繞行3,000英里只是為了證明自己能夠做到。
來自柯林斯例句
4. We had to make a detour around the flooded fields.