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ˌgrand ˈtour noun [countable] 1. the grand tour DLTa trip round Europe made in the past by young British or American people from rich families as part of their education 环欧旅行〔指旧时英美富家子弟所作的环欧洲旅行,是教育的一部分〕2 LOOK FORan occasion when someone takes you around a building to show it to you – used humorously 参观〔幽默用法〕 They took us on a grand tour of their new house. 他们领我们在他们的新居参观了一圈。Examples from the Corpusgrand tour• The rich also visited Madeira in their private yachts as part of a grand tour.• Edouard, at Isobel's suggestion, took her on a grand tour.• Make a kind of grand tour on my own, take the waters and cure what ails me.• The world with Palin is armchair travel on the scale of the grand tour, in the company of an agreeable guide.ˌgrand ˈtour nounChineseSyllable young made trip Corpus round Europe the in by a past |