circulate

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɜː.kjʊˌleɪt/    美 /ˈsɝ.kjʊˌleɪt/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. to move in circles or through a circuit intransitive
  2. to cause (a person or thing) to move in circles or through a circuit transitive
  3. to move from person to person, as at a party
    — In both the 2005 and 2013 papal elections there were whispers circulating that back in 1976 Francis had failed to help the two priests in their hour of need.
  4. to spread or disseminate
    — to circulate money or gossip
  5. to become widely known
  6. Of decimals: to repeat.

词形变化

circulates present,singular,third-person circulating participle,present circulated participle,past circulated past

词汇关系

近义词
put about spread disseminate
衍生词
circulatable circulation circulative circulator cocirculate intercirculate miscirculate recirculate

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin circulātus, perfect passive participle of Late Latin circulō (“to make circular, encircle”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), a later collateral form of circulor (“form a circle (of men) around oneself”), from circulus (“a circle”). See also Middle English circulat(e) (“(alchemy) changed by continuous distillation in a closed vessel”).
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