1 [C] a tour (of/round/around sth) a journey that you make for pleasure during which you visit many places 旅行;旅游:
to go on a ten-day coach tourof/around Scotland乘长途汽车在苏格兰各地游览十天a sightseeing tour观光旅游a tour operator (= a person or company that organizes tours)旅游业者☞Look at the note at travel. 参看travel的注释。
2 [C] a short visit around a city, famous building, etc 游览;参观:
a guided tour round St Paul's Cathedral在导游引领下参观圣保罗大教堂
3 [C,U] an official series of visits that singers, musicians, sports players, etc make to different places to perform, play, etc 巡回比赛、演出等:
The band is currently on tour in America.这个乐队目前正在美国巡回演出。a concert/cricket tour巡回音乐会;板球巡回赛
tourverb [I,T]
We toured southern Spain for three weeks.我们在西班牙南部游览了三个星期。
tour1/tUr; tʊə/n [C]1 a journey for pleasure in which you visit several different towns, areas etc 旅游﹐旅行: +of/around/round We went on a 14-day tour of Egypt. 我们去埃及旅行了 14 天。a walking/cycling/sightseeing etc tour a coach tour of Italy 乘长途客车游览意大利2 a short trip around a place to see it〔短暂的〕参观﹐游览: +of/around/round Shall I give you a tour of the house? 我带你参观一下这房子好吗?a guided tour (=when someone shows you around a place and tells you about it) 有导游带领的游览 We had a guided tour of the cathedral. 我们由导游带领参观了大教堂。3 a journey made by musicians, a sports team etc to perform or play in different places 巡回演出﹔巡回比赛: +of the cricket team's tour of India 这支板球队在印度的巡回比赛on tour The group went on tour in America. 乐队到美国去巡回演出。PACKAGE TOUR
tour2v [I,T] to travel around an area to visit it or perform in different places there 旅行﹔游览﹔作巡回演出: A few of us decided to tour the Greek islands. 我们有几个人决定到希腊的海岛去旅行。
tourtourtourstouredtouringnoun1a journey to see a lot of different places: We went on a tour of Scotland.2a short visit to see a building or city: They gave us a tour of the house.▶ tourverb (tours, touring, toured): We toured France for three weeks.