首页英语词典circlecircle的意思

circle

英 ['sɜːk(ə)l] 美['sɝkl]

英英释义同义词辨析词组搭配考试真题实用场景例句

近义词knot ring set group gang coterie fraternity faction clique cabal

n. 循环，周期；圆；圈子；圆形物
vi. 盘旋，旋转；环行
vt. 画圆圈；环绕…移动

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词态变化

复数: circles;第三人称单数: circles;过去式: circled;过去分词: circled;现在分词: circling;

中文词源

circle 圈

来自PIE*sker,转，圈，环，词源同ring,curve.

英英释意

1. ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point;: "he calculated the circumference of the circle"

2. an unofficial association of people or groups;: "the smart set goes there"; "they were an angry lot"

3. something approximating the shape of a circle;: "the chairs were arranged in a circle"

4. movement once around a course;: "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"

5. a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island;: "the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary"

6. street names for flunitrazepan

7. a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra;: "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"

8. any circular or rotating mechanism;: "the machine punched out metal circles"

英文词源

circle: circle: [14] Etymologically, a circle is a ‘small ring’. The word comes ultimately from Latin circus (source of course of English circus and of a host of circle-related words), whose diminutive form was circulus. This was actually borrowed into English in Old English times, as circul, but this died out. Modern English circle came via Old French cercle, and to begin with was thus spelled in English, but in the 16th century the Latin i was reintroduced. Latin derivatives include the adjective circulāris, source of English circular [15], and the verb circulāre, whose past participle gave English circulate [15].
=> circulate, circus, search
circle (n.): c. 1300, "figure of a circle," from Old French cercle "circle, ring (for the finger); hoop of a helmet or barrel" (12c.), from Latin circulus "circular figure; small ring, hoop; circular orbit" (also source of Italian cerchio), diminutive of circus "ring" (see circus).

Replaced Old English trendel and hring. Late Old English used circul, from Latin, but only in an astronomical sense. Meaning "group of persons surrounding a center of interest" is from 1714 (it also was a secondary sense of Latin circulus); that of "coterie" is from 1640s (a sense also found in Latin circulus). To come full circle is in Shakespeare.
circle (v.): late 14c., cerclen, "to shape like a globe," also "to encompass or surround," from circle (n.). From c. 1400 as "to set in a circular pattern;" mid-15c. as "to move in a circle." Related: Circled; circling. To circle the wagons, figuratively, "assume an alert defensive stance" is from 1969, from old Western movies.

同义词辨析

rotate, revolve, roll, spin, turn, whirl, circle

这些动词均有"转动，旋转"之意。

rotate：侧重指物体围绕自己的轴或中心旋转，即自转。

revolve：强调指物体围绕本身以外的中心旋转，即公转。

roll：指某物在平面上滚动或翻滚。

spin：指沿内轴迅速而连续旋转，或沿外部一个点作快速圆周运转。

turn：普通用词，中性，含义不确切，可指作一个圆周运动或连续地作圆周运动，也可指仅是沿圆的弧形转动。

whirl：指旋转或作圆周运动，侧重急速或力量。

circle：指作圆周运动。

考试真题

It aroused a lot of interest in the scientific circles.

These math circles cost nothing, or they're very cheap for students to get involved in, but you have to know about them, said Rusczyk.

The Los Angeles Math Circle, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.

Students in university towns may also have access to another lever for involvement in accelerated math: math circles.

Students attend after-school clubs, summer camps, online forums and classes and university-based math circles, to prepare for the competitions.

Math circles provide students with access to advanced-math training by university professors.

But we also found little interest in civic life beyond the tight circles of their family and immediate friends.

Recruiters circle elite universities like vultures ( ' , 兀鹰).

Some 10,000 pairs of the birds, called fulmars, a kind of Arctic seabird, make their nests on Devon Island, north at the Arctic circle.

They often have to seek jobs outside the academic circle.

When he submitted his papers in 1905, Einstein was little known in academic circles.

was little known in academic circles

The opposition from business circles.

What is the finding of a new study by CIRCLE?

They represent the latest fashion in the business circles.

It crashed when it was circling to land.

The plane, a Boeing 737, taking German holiday makers to the island crashed into a hillside as it circled while preparing to land.

Recruiters circle elite universities like vultures.

The Los Angeles Math circle, held at the University of California, Los Angeles, began in 2007 with 20 students and now has more than 250.

If the monkeys touched the left side of the screen they would be rewarded with seven drops of water or juice; if they went for the circle, they would be rewarded with the sum of the numbers—17 in this example.

Jenny Mosley's quality circle time model involves setting up an on-going, timetable process of circle-meeting for adults and children.

On one part of the screen, a symbol would appear, and on the other side two symbols inside a circle were shown.

Suppose you are doing research on children's relationship skills, you may want to read circle time for young children.

The circle is divided into sections, and each section represents a fraction of the data.

The first parking space I found was convenient, but I'd noticed a woman in a blue car circling for a white.

The polar bear is found in the Arctic circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland.

They take their driverless car to an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking.

Long is Britain's best-known Land Artist and his Stone circle, a perfect ring of purplish rocks from Portishead beach laid out on the gallery floor, represents the elegant, rarefied side of the form.

Parts of the ceremony involve ritual hair cutting, tying cotton threads soaked in holy water around the bride's and groom's wrists, and passing a candle around a circle of happily married and respected couples to bless the union.

You may have a circle of friends who provide constant good humor, help and companionship.

词组搭配

circle the wagons

(N. Amer. informal)(of a group) unite in defence of a common interest

(北美，非正式)（集团）为保障共同利益团结起来

come (或turn) full circle

return to a past position or situation, especially in a way considered to be inevitable

尤指不可避免地）兜了一圈，仍回到原位

go round in circles

(informal)do something for a long time without achieving anything but purposeless repetition

(非正式)在原地兜圈子；长时间反复进行毫无进展

the discussion went round and round in circles.
长时间反复讨论毫无进展。

run round in circles

(informal)be fussily busy with little result

(非正式)空忙；无事忙

the wheel has turned (或come) full circle

the situation has returned to what it was in the past, as if completing a cycle

事情转了一大圈，还是回到了原来的样子

实用场景例句

a large circle of friends: 一大群朋友

Seagulls circled around above his head.: 海鸥在他的头顶上盘旋。

The plane circled the airport to burn up excess fuel.: 飞机在机场上空盘旋以耗掉多余的燃料。

Spelling mistakes are circled in red ink.: 拼写错误都用红笔圈了出来。

She's well known in theatrical circles.: 她在戏剧界赫赫有名。

a circle of trees/chairs: 一圈树 / 椅子

The children stood in a circle.: 孩子们站成一圈。

We had seats in the circle.: 我们坐的是楼座座位。

the family circle: 家庭圈子

Cut out two circles of paper.: 剪出两个圆形纸片。

Draw a circle.: 画一个圆圈。

She walked the horse round in a circle .: 她牵着马兜圈子。

We've come full circle and dark-blue jeans are once again the height of style.: 风水轮流转，时下最流行的又是深蓝色牛仔裤了。

The silent wolves would track and circle them.: 悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。

Circle the correct answers on the coupon below.: 将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。

He has a small circle of friends...: 他的朋友圈子很小。

Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.: 奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。

The plane circled, awaiting permission to land...: 飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。

There were two helicopters circling around.: 有两架直升机在空中盘旋。

Emily kept circling around her mother...: 埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。

...the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn.: 围绕着大片修剪过的草坪的长长的弧形车道

The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center...: 旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。

I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.: 我写下46这个数字，又画了个圆将它圈起来。

Cut out 4 circles of pastry.: 切出四块圆形油酥面饼。

...a circle of yellow light.: 圆形黄光区

The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones...: 纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。

We stood in a circle holding hands.: 我们站成一圈，手牵着手。

This is the ring road that circles the city.: 这是环绕市区的环路。