英语释义

1. ring, halo

2. a closed plane (see plane entry 6 sense 2b) curve every point of which is equidistant (see equidistant sense 1) from a fixed point within the curve

3. the plane surface bounded by such a curve

4. the orbit of a celestial body

5. something in the form of a circle or section of a circle: such as

6. diadem

7. an instrument of astronomical observation the graduated (see graduated sense 2a) limb of which consists of an entire circle

8. a balcony or tier of seats in a theater

9. a circle formed on the surface of a sphere by the intersection of a plane that passes through it
circle of latitude

10. rotary sense 2
Traffic slowed down around the circle.

11. an area of action or influence realm
within the circle of probability

12. cycle, round
the wheel has come full circle

13. fallacious reasoning in which something to be demonstrated is covertly assumed

14. a group of persons sharing a common interest or revolving about a common center
the sewing circle of her church family circle the gossip of court circles political, social, and literary circles

15. a territorial or administrative division or district
The province is divided into nine circles.

16. a curving side street
lived on Kimberly Circle

17. a circular course or path
The children ran in circles around the tree. The conversation kept going in circles, and nothing got accomplished.

18. to enclose in or as if in a circle
The teacher circled the misspelled words.

19. to move or revolve around
satellites circling the earth

20. to move in or as if in a circle
The airplane circled around over the airport.

21. circulate
thy name shall circle round the gaping throng
— Lord Byron

22. to circle around before making an attack
sharks circling in the water

23. to describe or extend in a circle
the lighthouse sent out its slow steady circling beam
— R. O. Bowen

24. a perfectly round shape a line that is curved so that its ends meet and every point on the line is the same distance from the center

25. a path that goes around a central point

26. an arrangement of people or things that forms a circle

27. to form a circle around (something)

28. to draw a circle around (something)

29. to move or go around (someone or something) in a circle

30. a line that is curved so that its ends meet and every point on the line is the same distance from the center

31. something in the form of a circle or part of a circle
We gathered in a circle around the fireplace.

32. cycle entry 1 sense 2, round
The wheel has come full circle.

33. a group of people sharing a common interest
a reading circle a circle of friends

34. to form or draw a circle around
Circle the correct answers.

35. to move or revolve around
Satellites circle the earth.

36. to move in or as if in a circle
Vultures circled overhead.

37. a closed plane curve every point of which is equidistant from a fixed point within the curve

38. something (as an anatomical part) in the form of a circle or section of a circle
an arterial circle — see circle of willis

片语

Debye circles狄拜圈

hand circles手部绕环

financial circles[金融] 金融界；财界

in circles毫无进展，兜圈子

art circles艺术圈，艺术界

official circles官方，官场

educational circles教育圈，教育界

concentric circles[数] 同心圆

Crop Circles麦田怪圈（指在长满麦子的麦田一夜之间出现有些麦弯曲而伏倒呈现有规律的圆圈形图案）

many circles许多圆形

academic circles学术界

Fairy Circles仙女圈

polar circles[数] 极圆；[天][测] 极圈

orthogonal circles正交圆

英汉例句

• the advantage of hydrogen is its unrivalled simplicity: one electron circles a single proton.

  氢的优势是其结构非常简单：一个电子环绕一个质子。

• she never married but remained in the social and artistic circles of paris.

  她从来没有结过婚，但是永存于巴黎的社会和艺术圈中。

• from there, we move on to a bar, but as i am buying a round of drinks, i feel the familiar dark circles appearing in the periphery of my vision, and my head starts to swim.

  我们从那里出来，接着又去了一家酒吧，但是，当我要买一轮酒的时候，我感觉到那种熟悉的黑圆圈出现在我的视线范围了，我的脑袋也开始乱转了。

• circles represent nodes, while rectangles represent properties.

  圆圈代表节点，矩形代表属性。

• you might hope that this columnist would travel by leisurely boat through the panama canal but he, too, wings it, when work calls, over the great circles close to the melting poles.

  你或许希望这篇文章的专栏作家能悠閑地坐着轮船穿越巴拿马运河。不过，当工作召唤之时，他却生出双翼，绕很一大圈来到了冰雪融化的极点。

• the red circles are polling stations, selected by your criteria.

  这些红圈是投票点，是根据你的标準选择的。

• but they still have the same small circles of intimacy as ever.

  但他们仍然拥有同样的小规模的私密圈。

• without the attachment of romantic love, we would live in an entirely different society that more closely resembled some (but not all) of those social circles in the animal world.

  如果没有浪漫爱情的相互依恋，我们的社会可能因此而完全变了样，更像是一些（不是所有的）动物世界里那样的社会圈。

• she writes of publishers, illustrators, collaborators and all dickens's intersecting circles of friends and family.

  她写了出版社、插画家、合作者以及狄更斯所有的朋友和家人的兴趣圈。

• hovering your mouse over one of the villages in the circles gives you a dexcription of what issues face that village and how you can help.

  把你的鼠标停在圈中任何一个村民身上，你就可以了解到这个村庄面临着什么问题以及你能如何提供帮助。

• the circles represent states.

  这些圈表示状态。

相似词

cirque圆环；天然圆形剧场；盆地谷

ring打电话；发出铃声；回响；充满；嗡嗡作响；（通过按铃）要求服务；听上去（有某种印象）；报（时）；包围；圈起来

round围绕；绕过；大约；在……周围；在……各处

roundel小圆盘；圆形饰物