circular

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɜː.kjə.lə/    美 /ˈsɜː.kjə.lə/|/ˈsɝ.kjə.lɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation.
    — The pigeon-hole was also stuffed with circulars and hand-bills.
  2. Ellipsis of circular letter. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  3. Ellipsis of circular file. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  4. A sleeveless cloak cut from a circular pattern. dated
  5. A shuttle bus with a circular route.
动词 v.
  1. To distribute circulars to or at.
    — The result of the sending of these notices confirms me in the opinion, that it will be necessary to adopt legal means with the great majority of these parties. The circulars have had little effect. In fact, the parties have been “circulared" into the notion that nothing more formidable will ever be sent to them.
  2. To extend in a circular direction.
    — The theme can be expressed in an architectural analogy. For, of all contriving to encover space, the arch — alone or 'circulared' into the dome — is the most ingenious.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to a circle.
  2. In the shape of, or moving in, a circle.
    — Near-synonyms: oval; round; toroid, ringlike, round-like
  3. Circuitous or roundabout.
  4. Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.
    — circular reasoning
  5. Distributed to a large number of persons.
    — a proclamation of Henry III., […] doubtless circular throughout England
  6. Perfect; complete. obsolete
    — A man so absolute and circular / In all those wished-for rarities that may take / A virgin captive.
  7. Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. archaic
    — February 1, 1711, John Dennis, on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido?

词形变化

more circular comparative most circular superlative circulars plural circulars present,singular,third-person circularing participle,present circulared participle,past circulared past

词汇关系

近义词
annular circular cyclic discoid round rounded
反义词
sharp square thin
上位词
shape
下位词
recursive rotund spherical
衍生词
anticircular bicircular circular angle circular arc circular argument circular breathing circular buffer circular cone circular dichroism circular economy circular fashion circular file circular filing cabinet circular function circular graph Circular Head circularin circularise circularism circularity circularization circularize circular knitting circularly circular mil circular needle circularness circular note circular parry circular polarized light circular queue circular reference circular sector circular segment circular state circular telegram circularwise cocircular court circular demicircular hemicircular innermost stable circular orbit maxicircular metacircular meta-circular microcircular minicircular near-circular noncircular quasicircular semicircular semi-circular squircular subcircular supercircular tricircular uncircular
相关词
circle circular file circular firing squad circular saw advertisement booklet brochure catalogue catalog flier flyer handbill hand bill junk mail leaflet pamphlet

词源

词源 1
From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.
词源 2
From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.
词源 3
From Middle English circuler, circuleer, circulere, from Old French circulier (French circulaire), from Late Latin circularis, from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus (“ring”). By surface analysis, circle + -ar.
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