1 N-COUNT 圆;圆形;圆圈 A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area. 圆;圆形;圆圈
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The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center.
旗子是红色的,中央有个白色大圆圈。
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I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.
我写下46这个数字,又画了个圆将它圈起来。
SYN ring, round, band, disc
2 N-COUNT 圆形物;圆片;圆块 A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it. 圆形物;圆片;圆块
3 N-COUNT 一圈(物体或人) A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle. 一圈(物体或人)
4 VERB 包围;围绕;环绕 If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it. 包围;围绕;环绕
SYN go round, ring, surround, belt
5 VERB (在上空)盘旋,绕圈子 If an aircraft or a bird circles or circles something, it moves round in a circle in the air. (在上空)盘旋,绕圈子
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The plane circled, awaiting permission to land. [VERB]
飞机在天上盘旋,等候着陆许可。
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There were two helicopters circling around. [VERB adv./prep.]
有两架直升机在空中盘旋。
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...like a hawk circling prey. [VERB noun]
像老鹰在猎物头顶盘旋
SYN wheel, spiral, revolve, rotate
6 VERB 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈 To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them. 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈
7 VERB 在…上画圈;将…圈起来 If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it. 在…上画圈;将…圈起来
8 N-COUNT (指朋友或有相同兴趣或职业的人组成的)圈子,界 You can refer to a group of people as a circle when they meet each other regularly because they are friends or because they belong to the same profession or share the same interests. (指朋友或有相同兴趣或职业的人组成的)圈子,界
SYN group, company, set, school
9 N-SING (剧院、影院的)楼厅包厢 In a theatre or cinema, the circle is an area of seats on the upper floor. (剧院、影院的)楼厅包厢
10 See also: Arctic Circle dress circle inner circle vicious circle virtuous circle
11 PHRASE 兜了一圈回到原地;循环 If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists. 兜了一圈回到原地;循环
12 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 在原地兜圈子;原地踏步;毫无进展 If you say that someone is going round in circles or around in circles, you mean that they are not achieving anything because they keep coming back to the same point or problem. 在原地兜圈子;原地踏步;毫无进展
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Word Partnership | Use circle with: |
VERB. | draw a circle 1 form a circle, make a circle 1 2 3 |
PREP. | inside/outside/within a circle 1 2 3 circle around 6 |
ADJ. | big/large/small circle 1 2 3 8 |
Word Link | circ ≈ around : circle, circuit, circulate |
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