circle

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɜːkəl/    美 /ˈsɜɹkəl/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a line, consisting of the set of all those points in a plane that are equally distant from a given point (center).
    — The set of all points (x, y) such that (x − 1)² + y² = r² is a circle of radius r around the point (1, 0).
  2. A two-dimensional geometric figure, a disk, consisting of the set of all those points of a plane at a distance less than or equal to a fixed distance (radius) from a given point. colloquial
    — Near-synonyms: coil, ring, loop
  3. Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.
    — Children, please join hands and form a circle.
  4. Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.; Any thin three-dimensional equivalent of the geometric figures.
    — Cut a circle out of that sheet of metal.
  5. Any shape, curve or arrangement of objects that approximates to or resembles the geometric figures.; A curve that more or less forms part or all of a circle.
    — The crank moves in a circle.
  6. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.
    — inner circle
  7. A specific group of persons; especially one who shares a common interest.; Synonym of doujin circle. Japanese
  8. The orbit of an astronomical body.
  9. A line comprising two semicircles of 30 yards radius centred on the wickets joined by straight lines parallel to the pitch used to enforce field restrictions in a one-day match.
  10. A ritual circle that is cast three times deosil and closes three times widdershins either in the air with a wand or literally with stones or other items used for worship.
  11. A traffic circle or roundabout. Dundee,India,Philippines,South-Africa
    — He arrived at the lakefront and drove around the circle where the amusement park and beach used to be when he was a kid[…]
  12. Compass; circuit; enclosure. obsolete
    — in the circle of this forest
  13. An instrument of observation, whose graduated limb consists of an entire circle. When fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.
  14. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.
    — Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain.
  15. A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.
    — That heavy Bodies deſcend by gravity, is no better an account then we might expect from a Ruſtick: and again; that Gravity is a quality whereby an heavy body deſcends, is an impertinent Circle, and teacheth nothing.
  16. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. form-of,indirect
    — Has he given the lie, / In circle, or oblique, or semicircle.
  17. A territorial division or district.
    — The ten Circles of the Holy Roman Empire were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet.
  18. A bagginess of the skin below the eyes from lack of sleep. in-plural
    — After working all night, she had circles under her eyes.
  19. An event at which circling takes place.
动词 v.
  1. To travel around along a curved path. transitive
    — The wolves circled the herd of deer.
  2. To surround. transitive
    — A high fence circles the enclosure.
  3. To place or mark a circle around. transitive
    — Circle the jobs that you are interested in applying for.
  4. To travel in circles. intransitive
    — Vultures circled overhead.
  5. To take part in a magic circle. intransitive
    — I circled with that group for three years.
  6. To participate in a game of circling.

词形变化

circles plural circles present,singular,third-person circling participle,present circled participle,past circled past

词汇关系

衍生词
Antarctic Circle Apollonian circle Arctic Circle azimuth circle babysitting circle Bevan circle blood circle blue circle rate bolt circle Brocard circle Carlyle circle Cartesian circle center circle centre circle circle-A circle back circle changeup circle contact lens circle dance circle-ellipse problem circle game circle gets the square circle group circle inversion circle-ish circle-jerk circlejerk circle jerk circle jerker circle lens circlelike circle marriage circleness circle of antisimilitude circle of Apollonius circle of fifths circle of friends circle of life circle of the gorge circle of Willis circle pit circle progression circler circle runner circle sector circle segment circle sentence circle sentencing circle skirt circle strafe circle-strafe circle time Circleville circlewise circley circline circlip circlish circloid circulene circuline circumcircle circumscribed circle come full circle corn circle count circle crop circle datum circle declination circle demicircle director circle doujin circle dress circle druid's circle Dupont Circle e-circle elf circle encircle equinoctial circle excircle face-off circle fairy circle family circle Fermat-Apollonius circle fielding circle Ford circle full circle generalised circle generalized circle gorge circle great circle great-circle arc great circle arc great circle route green circle gyrocircle Hardy-Littlewood circle method hemicircle hermeneutic circle hour circle hut circle ice circle imperial circle incircle inner circle inscribed circle intercircle Knight of the Golden Circle Lufbery circle magic circle Malfatti circle math circle maxicircle megacircle midcircle minicircle Mohr's circle moral circle mosh circle mural circle nine-point circle nine points circle oblique circle on deck circle orthoptic circle orthotomic circle osculating circle parhelic circle parquet circle perfect circle photon circle polar circle polygon-circle graph prayer circle pseudocircle quadrature of the circle quality circle quarter circle quasicircle recircle red circle rate reflecting circle rescue circle semi-circle sewing circle shooting circle small circle social circle speak in circles Spieker circle square circle squared circle square the circle squircle stone circle study circle subcircle supercircle swing round the circle talking circle timber circle time is a flat circle turning circle unit circle upper circle Valeriepieris circle vertical circle vicious circle vicious circle principle virtuous circle watch circle Willis circle winner's circle circle in circle out circle the drain circle the field circle the wagons circle up the vultures are circling
相关词
circular circulate circus

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin circulus
Old French cerclebor.
Middle English circle
English circle
From Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”). Compare also Old English ċircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source. By surface analysis, Latin circ(us) + -(u)le.
词源 2
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.
Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos)bor.
Latin circus
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -ulus
Latin circulus
Old French cerclebor.
Middle English circle
English circle
From Middle English circle, cercle, from Old French cercle and Latin circulus, diminutive of Latin circus (“circle, circus”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring”), related to Old English hring (“ring”). Compare also Old English ċircul (“circle, zodiac”), which came from the same Latin source. By surface analysis, Latin circ(us) + -(u)le.
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