v.go by an indirect road ; take a circuitous road ; take a tortuous road ; make a detour ; go by a roundabout way ; take a bypass ; double ; go around
เขาอ้อมไปทางนี้เพื่อหลีกเลี่ยงรถติด
He took a detour this way to avoid traffic jam.
Thai–English dictionary
อ้อม
ôrm
Audio pronunciation is available for this word.
Commonness: Fairly common in contemporary general Thai.
Meanings
- go by an indirect road ; take a circuitous road ; take a tortuous road ; make a detour ; go by a roundabout way ; take a bypass ; double ; go around
- encircle
- indirect
- in a roundabout way ; in an indirect way
Example sentences
v.encircle
The stream slowly encircles the mountain.
adj.indirect
การตอบคำถามของเขาเป็นคำตอบอ้อม
His answer was indirect.
adv.in a roundabout way ; in an indirect way
เธอพูดอ้อมๆ ไม่กล้าบอกความจริงตรงๆ
She spoke in a roundabout way, not daring to say the truth directly.