circle

['sə:kl]

n.圆圈, 圈子, 包厢
v.划圈, 包围, 盘旋, 环绕

n.[C]

1. 圆; 圆圈

The students sit in a circle on the floor.

学生们在地板上坐成一圈。

2. 圆形的东西, 环状物

There is a circle of flowers around the statue.

塑像周围鲜花环绕。

3. (具有共同兴趣、利益的人们所形成的)圈子; (活动等的)范围; ……界[G]

I have a circle of friends here.

在这里我有一群朋友。

4. (剧场中)成弧形的梯级座位; 包厢

5. 循环, 周期

6. (天体运行的)轨道

vt.

1. 画圆圈; 圈出; 围着

Circle the correct answers.

圈出正确的答案。

2. 环绕……移动(或运转)

vi.

1. 盘旋, 旋转; 环行

Birds were circling overhead.

鸟儿在头顶上盘旋。

2. 流传

词形变化

名词: circler | 动词过去式: circled | 动词过去分词: circled | 动词现在分词: circling | 动词第三人称单数: circles |

词义辨析

同义:

n.圆, 圆周, 圆环

round  roundlet  ring  band  hoop  annulus  halo  corona  aureole  belt  collar  circlet  armlet  loop  disc  wheel  globe

n.场地, 范围

realm  sphere  domain  province  field  bailiwick  radius  compass  ambit  scope  extent  reach  zone  area  range  bounds  region  district  department  precinct  purlieus  pale  orb

n.党派, 集团

group  set  coterie  knot  ring  clique  cabal  camarilla  faction  society  association  fraternity  sorority  gang  assembly

n.循环, 周期

cycle  circuit

n.环转运动

revolution  full turn  twirl  gyration  orbit

v.环绕, 围

surround  encircle  ring  belt  girdle  gird  enclose  hem in  ring round  circumambulate  ensphere  encompass  compass

v.盘旋, 旋转, 回转

rotate  revolve  whirl  twirl  turn  wheel  spin  gyrate  pirouette  pivot  swivel  coil  circumrotate  circumvolve  circulate  

同义参见:

universe  union  twist  fellowship  circumscribe  ring  machine  in  hoop  connection  

英英释义

名词 circle:

ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point

an unofficial association of people or groups

同义词：set, band, lot

something approximating the shape of a circle

movement once around a course

同义词：lap, circuit

a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island

同义词：traffic circle, rotary, roundabout

street names for flunitrazepan

同义词：R-2, Mexican valium, rophy, rope, roofy, roach, forget me drug

a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra

同义词：dress circle

any circular or rotating mechanism

同义词：round

动词 circle:

travel around something

move in circles

同义词：circulate

be around

同义词：surround, environ, encircle, round, ring

form a circle around

同义词：encircle

短语词组

come/go full circle

1. 回到原位

His career has come full circle to the club where it began.

他在事业上经过一番周折, 如今他又回到了最初工作的那家俱乐部。

run circles around (sb.)

1. 轻易超过 (某人)

Nobody can run circles around him in this field.

在这方面没人能轻易超过他。

square the circle

1. 做不可能的事

This is a device for squaring the circle.

这是一个不可能实现的方案。

补充

circlecircle英:[ˈsə:kl] 美:[ˈsɚkəl]n.1.圆, 圆周; 圈, 环状物2.圈子, 界, 社会, 集团vt.1.圈出, 围绕vt. & vi.1.环绕; 盘旋They saw the birds were circling again.他们看见鸟儿又在盘旋。The plane circled the airport before landing.飞机着陆以前在机场上空盘旋。

例句

1. He wore an orange tie decorated with black circles.他戴了有黑圆圈装饰的橘黄领带。 2. I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.我写下46这个数, 又画了个圆将它圈起来。 3. Cut out 4 circles of pastry.切出4块圆形油酥面饼。 4. a circle of yellow light一个黄色光圈 5. Shall we sit in the stalls or the circle?我们坐在正厅前座还是楼厅包厢？ 6. The students sit in a circle on the floor.学生们围成一圈坐在地板上。 7. The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones.纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。 8. We stood in a circle holding hands.我们手拉手站成一圈。 9. I have widened my circle of friends.我扩大了交友圈。 10. He has a small circle of friends.他的交际范围小。 11. Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。 12. The bitter circle of violence and retaliation will continue unbroken.暴力与报复的恶性循环将持续出现。 13. A location's position along a circle of latitude is given by its longitude.纬度圈上某一地点的位置是由其经度决定的。 14. We've come full circle and dark-blue jeans are once again the height of style.风水轮流转, 深蓝色牛仔裤又处于时尚前沿了。 15. The wheel has turned full circle, and we are back where we began.我们兜兜转转, 又回到了原地。 16. The conversation's going round in circles.谈话毫无进展。 17. They had the team's defence running round in circles with Daniel scoring three goals.丹尼尔三次射门得分, 对方球队的防守队员被耍得团团转。 18. This is the ring road that circles the city.这是环绕市区的一条环线。 19. circle the correct answers on the coupon below.将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。 20. A lone RAF plane crossed the Channel, then circled the field once.一架皇家空军飞机单独飞越英吉利海峡后在阵地上盘旋了一圈。 21. animals circling each other彼此追逐的动物们 22. The silent wolves would track and circle them.悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。 23. The pilot circled and came down very fast.飞行员在空中盘旋, 然后急速俯冲下来。 24. The plane circled, awaiting permission to land.飞机在空中盘旋着, 等候着着陆的命令。 25. The stock farm was circled with a fence.饲养场四周围着栅栏。 26. The enemy circled their fortress.敌人包围了他们的堡垒。 27. The moon circles the earth.月球围绕着地球运转。 28. Their ship circled the iceberg.他们的船绕过了冰山。 29. the lamp spread a circle of light.灯洒下一圈光芒。 30. they all sat round in a circle.他们围成一圈坐。 31. describing a large circle, she arrived back at the camp.她走了一大圈，又回到露营地。 32. she did not normally move in such exalted circles.她平常不在这样的高层圈子里活动。 33. they were circling Athens airport.他们绕着雅典机场飞行。 34. [as adj. circling]a circling helicopter.盘旋的直升飞机。 35. [no obj.]we circled round the island.他们环岛而行。 36. the abbey was circled by a huge wall.修道院为一道高墙所围绕。 37. circle the correct answers.圈出正确答案。 38. the discussion went round and round in circles.长时间反复讨论毫无进展。 39. The children were drawing circles and squares on a piece of paper.孩子们在一张纸上画圆圈画方框。 40. We all stood in a circle and held hands.我们大家手拉着手围成一个圈站着。 41. She cut out a circle of paper.她剪下一块圆纸片。 42. He has a large circle of friends.他交游甚广。 43. Her name was well known in artistic circles.她在艺术界颇有名气。 44. The plane circled the town several times before it landed.飞机在该镇上空盘旋了几圈才降落。 45. There are three possible answers to each question. Please circle the correct one.每道题的答案都有三个选择，请把正确的答案圈出来。 46. She drew a circle around the correct answer.她在正确答案上画了个圈。 47. She walked (around) in a circle.她转着圈溜达。 48. We've been walking/driving in circles [=along the same path or course] for hours!我们已经兜圈走/开了好几个小时了！ 49. "We've been trying to decide how to improve the system, but we just keep going around in circles. [=we are not making any progress toward making a decision]"我们一直在设法确定如何改进这个系统，但只是原地绕圈，毫无进展。 50. I feel like I have been running around in circles with this project.我觉得自己好像整天都在围着这个项目瞎转悠。 51. The company has come up with some new products that will run circles around the competition. [=that will be much better than the competition; that will easily beat the competition]这家公司开发出的一些新产品，将会在竞争中脱颖而出。 52. Those little kids can ski circles around me. [=can ski much better than I can]那些小孩滑雪滑得比我好得多。 53. She arranged the stones in a circle. = She made a circle out of/with the stones.她将石头摆成一圈。 54. a circle of stones一圈石头 55. We formed a circle around the campfire.我们围着营火排成一圈。 56. "He looked old and tired, with dark circles under his eyes."眼下有很深的黑眼圈，看上去苍老而憔悴。 57. a sewing circle缝纫妇女会 58. She has a large/wide circle of friends.她交友甚广。 59. the family circle [=the people in a family]家庭圈子 60. She is well-known in banking/literary/professional/political circles.她在银行/文学/职业/政治界很有名气。 61. "There are trees circling [=encircling, surrounding] our little house."有一圈树围绕着我们的小房子。 62. He circled his arms around his wife's waist.他环抱着妻子的腰。 63. His arms circled around his wife's waist.他环抱着妻子的腰。 64. She circled the correct answer.她在正确答案上画了个圈。 65. The pilot circled the airport before landing.飞机降落前，飞行员驾驶着飞机在机场上空盘旋。 66. We had to circle [=go around] the block again to find the house.为找到那所房子，我们只能围着这个街区再转上一圈。 67. The hawk circled overhead.鹰在头顶上盘旋。 68. The halfback circled to the left.半卫绕到了左侧。 69. I circled back [=returned] to the house to get my briefcase.我又回去了一趟取公文包。