| 词汇 | circle |
| 释义 | circle noun uk /ˈsɜː.kəl/ us /ˈsɝː.kəl/ circlenoun (SHAPE)A2[ C ] a continuous curved line, the points of which are always the same distance away from a fixed central point, or the area inside such a line: 圆;圆圈;圆形 Coloured paper was cut into circles.彩纸被剪成了圆形、正方形和三角形。 We sat in a circle.我们围坐成一圈。 Igor Zakowski/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages The teacher asked us to form a circle and join hands.老师让我们围成一个圈，手拉着手。 She drew a geometric design of overlapping circles. Aim at the yellow circle in the centre of the board. Draw a circle 30 centimetres in circumference. Start by tracing around the base of a mug or small plate with a pencil to get a circle. Geometrical shapes -cornered circularly congruently conic cuboid cylindrically lozenge orbicular ovally ovoid parallelogram pentagon polytope prism quadrilateral rectangle rectangular rhombus three-dimensional tubular circlenoun (GROUP)B2[ C ] a group of people with family, work, or social connections: 圈子;集团;界;阶层 They socialize with a small circle of people. She was a member of the inner circle of decision-makers within the organization. See also circle of friends family circle move in different circles (US alsorun in different circles) If two people move in different circles, they have different groups of friends or different work or social connections: We never meet these days - we move in different circles. As a member of the prime minister's inner circle, he has a lot of influence. She mixes with a very large circle of people. I'm not keen on the circles he's moving in. Groups of people affinity group alliance an anti-gang assemblage clutch factionally family federation federative First Nation line (someone) up mob online community peer group phalanx posse public scratch syndicate circlenoun (UPPER FLOOR)the circle[ S ]UK an upper floor in a theatre or cinema where people sit to watch the performance: （剧院或影院的）弧形楼座 Shall I get seats in the circle or in the stalls?我们买楼厅座位还是正厅座位？ Compare gallery(RAISED AREA) stallnoun(SEATS) fotografixx/E+/GettyImages Theatre auditorium & front-of-house aisle auditorium balcony booking office box box office box seat foyer front front-of-house full house gallery god house house lights mezzanine orchestra out frontidiom stall Idiomgo/run round in circles circle verb uk /ˈsɜː.kəl/ us /ˈsɝː.kəl/ C2[ I or T ] to move in a circle, often around something: 盘旋;环行;绕…转圈 The plane circled for an hour before receiving permission to land.飞机盘旋一小时后才接到允许着陆的命令。 Security staff circled the grounds of the house with guard dogs every hour.保安人员每小时都带着警犬在那幢房子周围巡逻。 B1[ T ] to draw a circle around something: 圈出;在…上画圈 Circle the answer you think is correct.把你认为正确的答案圈出来。 See also encircle [ T ] to arrange things in a circle: Local teenagers would circle their cars out in cotton fields, play the radio loud, and dance. When a pioneers' wagon train was attacked they circled their wagons to defend themselves. Vultures were circling overhead. During their time on the space station, the astronauts circled the globe 3,152 times. Some of the locations in the log book pages are circled. Moms and dads circle their chairs and share their fears, trying to come to some sort of agreement on what constitutes "normal" boy behavior. Revolving, rotating and spinning around around and aroundidiom backspin birl centrifugal pivot reel revolving rotary rotate rotation rotational spin spiral swim swivel swizzle twirl twirling twirly You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Enclosing, surrounding and immersing Placing and positioning an object Idiomcircle the/your wagons circle | American Dictionarycircle noun[ C ] us/ˈsɜr·kəl/ circlenoun[C] (SHAPE)geometry a continuous curved line which is always the same distance away from a fixed central point, or the area enclosed by such a line: Colored paper was cut into circles, squares, and triangles. A circle of chairs had been arranged in the center of the room. circlenoun[C] (GROUP)a group of people who are connected by family, work, or society, or who share an interest: There’s a small circle of people who sell and exhibit their work at the same shows. The mayor’s inner circle met with him throughout the crisis to give advice. Idiomgo (around) in circles circle verb[ I/T ] us/ˈsɜr·kəl/ circleverb[I/T] (SHAPE)fig. If you circle around a subject, you talk about things related to it, often to avoid talking about the subject itself: [ I ]He circled around the idea of paying authors more for their books. Examples of circlecircle Flanking markers are indicated by filled and open circles. Neither overburdened nor spare, her work strikes the right tenor given this subject's appeal beyond academic circles. The filled circles represent the stable solutions, open circles the unstable solutions. What we begin to see in the 1840s, however, is a hardening of view in moderate circles. Nevertheless, the reports cited above were widely distributed in official circles. Let us now look at the predominant themes that emerged, and also why these themes should have appeared important in establishment circles. There has been a tendency in family planning circles to dismiss this type of contraceptive because of poor use effectiveness. All three graphical ways of specifying the circles are syntactic sugar for the more conventional way of entering formulas textually. The filled circles show the optimal location of robots on the object boundary. Filled circles represent robots in active-pushing mode fazing to push the object and blank circles represent robots in passive mode. The next step taken was to engineer the system to facilitate the identification of the required three points on each of the circles. The circles administer secondary schools, while the regions take charge of professional schools and special education. Whistlings of death and circles of faint music cause this adored body to rise, expand, and quiver like a ghost. In the immediate neighbourhood of any plant (solid concentric circles) there is an equal number of plants of each cultivar equidistant from it. Open circles are for the saplings on the edge of the path, filled circles for those in the understorey. See all examples of circle These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withcirclecircleThese are words often used in combination with circle. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. academic circle This has been recognised by the academiccircle and a large amount of patients. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. artistic circles Whilst not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. charmed circle If self-regard and lack of concern for those outside the charmedcircle of initiates characterize jargon, then the metalanguage and structure of dictionary entries are jargon par excellence. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with circle |
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