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

circling life循环寿命

unit circle[数] 单位圆

Circling heat循环供暖

circling buzzards唱片名

vicious circle[医] 恶性循环；循环论证法

come full circle兜了个圈回到原地

circling movement圆圈运动

small circle小圆；小回环

inner circle核心集团

arctic circle北极圈

draw a circle画一个圆

circling branch圈枝

circle of life生生不息（《狮子王》主题曲）

circling surface旋转面

in circles毫无进展，兜圈子

full circle《飞越老人院》（2012年国产电影，导演张杨）

circling dns循环dns

circle around环绕四周

economic circle经济圈；经济周期

business circle商界，企业界

circle round环绕；盘旋

great circle大圆；大圆弧

in a circle成圆圈

life circle生活圈；循环生活；生活周期

circle of friends朋友圈；友谊圈的建立

circling forwards向前绕环

perfect circle完整的圆圈；正圆

circling fertilization[土壤]

virtuous circle良性循环

英汉例句

• And one of them, known as HD 85512 b, circling a star about 36 light-years away in the constellation Vela, is sitting just inside its sun「s habitable zone.

  而在这些超级地球中又有一个称为「HD 85512b」的星球，它环绕着一颗在船帆座中距地球36光年的恒星运行，并且恰好处于适合居住的地带。

• With just four months of data, astronomers have found evidence for more than 1,200 planets circling stars other than the sun.

  仅基于4个月搜集的数据，天文学家便获得了证据显示有超过1200个行星围绕着太阳以外的恒星旋转。

• After circling Earth twice, it would slam back into the atmosphere at more than 20, 000mph (32, 000kph), eclipsing the 17, 500mph (28, 000kph) speed of a returning space shuttle.

  该探测器绕地球两圈后，再以20000英里（32000千米）的时速重返大气层，该速度超过了时速为17500英里（28000千米）的返航太空船。

• It is like when a plane is circling above London for two hours.

  这就像一架飞机在伦敦上空盘旋两个小时。

• We thoughtit was out of the room but when I was talking I noticed it circling around the president.

  之后，我认为苍蝇飞走，但是当我正在谈话的时候，我注意到苍蝇正在总统身边盘旋。

• We say goodbye to the old manand climb to the top of the island where we watch black kites circling while asolitary fisherman steers his boat into the shallows.

  我们告别老人，爬到岛的最顶上，在哪里我们看到老鹰在盘旋，而一个孤独的渔夫正将他的船驶向浅滩。

• 「The helicopter was circling around for five to six minutes,」 Athar tells TIME. 「It」s not commonplace here.」

  「直升飞机已经盘旋了五六分钟了」，阿萨告诉《时代周刊》的记者「这不同寻常」。

• The unmanned Shenzhou 8 spacecraft launched yesterday on a mission to locate and latch onto the prototype space lab Tiangong 1, which has been circling Earth since late September.

  昨天，成功发射的无人操作的神舟八号宇宙飞船的使命是与先前发射的空间实验室的原型天宫一号对接，天宫一号自九月下旬以来已经开始绕地球轨道运行。

• They are, however, terrified of aircraft circling overhead against which they have little chance, particularly out on the open desert roads.

  然而，他们忧虑的是盘旋在头顶的战机会令其毫无胜算，特别是在郊外开阔的沙漠公路地带。

• Roberto Silvotti of the National Institute for Astrophysics in Naples and his colleagues spotted the planet, a gaseous giant like Jupiter, circling a star called V 391 Pegasi.

  意大利国家天体物理研究所（NationalInstituteforAstrophysics）（在那不勒斯（inNaples））的罗伯特?斯沃迪（RobertoSilvotti）与其同事发现了这颗像木星般的巨大气化行星。 它所环绕的恒星被命名为V 391Pegasi。

• A plane circling gloomily over Heathrow airport?

  一架忧郁地盘旋在希思罗机场上空的飞机？

• But they fear his planes circling overhead are out to bomb them.

  但他们害怕那些盘旋于头顶要轰炸他们的飞机。

• The music was created in the ambiance of a farm compound, harmonized with the cicada calls and birdsongs of the mountainside woods, under the cries of circling eagles in the summer sky.

  音乐在三合院晕开，蝉唧鸟啭在山坡林间协奏，大冠鹫在夏日天空盘旋喧鸣。

• Since its launch Dec. 14, 2009, the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer has been circling the Earth in a polar orbit and snapping images every 11 seconds.

  自2009年12月14日发射升空以来，广角红外线探测望远镜开始环绕绕地球极地轨道并每11秒抓拍一张照片。

• L If civilizations like ours exist elsewhere, they may be on planets circling other stars.

  l如果外星空间也存在像我们人类一样的文明，它们一定也是生活在环绕别的恒星运行的某些行星上。

• London has pigeons and Karachi has hawks. There are hundreds of constantly circling raptor birds, which means a menu of either carrion or vermin.

  伦敦有鸽子，卡拉奇有鹞鹰，天空中总是有几百只猛禽在盘旋，表明有腐肉和毒虫可供它们觅食。

• So he had the ark of the LORD carried around the city, circling it once.

  这样，他使耶和华的约柜绕城，把城绕了一次。

• Self-employed IT consultant Nesan Sinnadurai, 63, reckons he「s traveled 9.6m km, equivalent to circling the equator 240 times, in the past 31 years.

  内森·辛纳杜莱今年63岁，是一位IT业的咨询师。他估计自己在31年里飞了960万公里，相当于绕地球240圈。

• Should Eris, and many other objects circling the sun beyond Neptune」s orbit?

  厄里斯和许多其他在海王星轨道绕着太阳转动的天体，又该不该是行星呢？

• A NASA satellite circling the red planet has snapped the first pictures ever taken of a landslide happening on another world.

  美国国家航空航天局(NASA)的火星环绕卫星最近拍摄到一起发生在火星上的山崩事件，这是人类首次看到来自另一世界的山崩事件。

• Professor Andrei Finkelstein said that ten percent of the known planets circling SUNS in the galaxy resemble Earth, and if water can be found on them, then so can life.

  这位名叫AndreiFinkelstein的教授说，在人类已知的银河系中围绕太阳旋转行星中，有近只分之一的行星的构造与表面情况都与地球非常相似，如果能在这些星球上发现有水的存在，那么发现生命便是可能的事。

• The video footage apparently showed the shark circling Kulcsar after bumping him off his kayak.

  这段录像明显地记录了卡尔克撒从皮划艇上跌落后被鲨鱼盘旋追逐的情景。

• No one seemed to be aware that Maeve had got up from the group and was circling it, the way a wasp would.

  没人注意到玛弗从人群中走出来，绕着围坐的人们打圈子，有点像一头黄蜂。

• The picture was taken by the powerful HiRISE camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter - a probe that has been circling the Red Planet since 2006.

  次照片是由安装在火星侦察轨道器上功能强大的HiRISE像机所拍摄，该探测器自2006年以来一直在环绕着这颗红色星球运行。

• Now, four centuries later, we know that the Earth is a small planet circling a minor sun on the edge of just one of an estimated 125 billion galaxies.

  而四个世纪之后的今天，我们已经知道了地球只是围绕着一颗并非显赫的太阳旋转的小小星球，我们的太阳处在银河系的一隅，而据科学家估算，这样的银河系大约有一千二百五十亿个。

• Speaking at an international forum dedicated to the search for extraterrestrial life, Finkelstein said 10 percent of the known planets circling SUNS in the galaxy resemble Earth.

  芬克尔斯坦在一个以外星生命探索为主题的国际论坛上表示，银河系中绕恒星公转的已知行星中，有10%的行星与地球类似。

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