circle
循环,圈子,圆圈,圆
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Definitions
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- : a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x2 + y2 = r2.
- : the portion of a plane bounded by such a curve.
- : any circular or ringlike object, formation, or arrangement: a circle of dancers.
- : a ring, circlet, or crown.
- : the ring of a circus.
- : a section of seats in a theater: dress circle.
- : the area within which something acts, exerts influence, etc.; realm; sphere: A politician has a wide circle of influence.
- : a series ending where it began, especially when perpetually repeated; cycle: the circle of the year.
- : Logic. an argument ostensibly proving a conclusion but actually assuming the conclusion or its equivalent as a premise; vicious circle.
- : a complete series forming a connected whole; cycle: the circle of the sciences.
- : a number of persons bound by a common tie; coterie: a literary circle; a family circle.
- : Government. an administrative division, especially of a province.
- : Geography. a parallel of latitude.
- : Astronomy. the orbit of a heavenly body.meridian circle.
- : Surveying. a glass or metal disk mounted concentrically with the spindle of a theodolite or level and graduated so that the angle at which the alidade is set may be read.
- : a sphere or orb: the circle of the earth.
- : a ring of light in the sky; halo.
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cir·cled, cir·cling.
- : to enclose in a circle; surround; encircle: Circle the correct answer on the exam paper. The enemy circled the hill.
- : to move in a circle or circuit around; rotate or revolve around: He circled the house cautiously.
- : to change course so as to pass by or avoid collision with; bypass; evade: The ship carefully circled the iceberg.
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cir·cled, cir·cling.
- : to move in a circle or circuit: The plane circled for half an hour before landing.
- : Movies, Television. to iris.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Unbeknownst to him, there was someone in his circle of friends paying extra close attention to Paul.
Von Spakovsky is highly influential in conservative circles.
It’s unclear how ancestral Wichita people used council circles.
In his 2005 book, Inside the Neolithic Mind, Lewis-Williams argues that a similar principle might explain other Neolithic monuments and cult buildings found in the Near East, such as the stone circles of Göbekli Tepe.
Inner groups of simulated stones obscured and scattered sounds reflected off the outer sarsen circle, blocking echo formation.
So, Linklater just won Best Director by the New York Film Critics Circle.
Julio had come full circle and had returned to Cuba as a tourist in his own country.
The girls ran in the same circle (Palmolive was also in the Flowers of Romance) and the group was looking for a guitarist.
The RSD Facebook page, and all the local RSD groups, known as “inner circle,” have been switched to private.
Not before long, I think about four cops went up to the circle and just grabbed a few of the people from behind.
Wharton and Louis had withdrawn their hands at the same instant they caught his eye; and the Duke turned into the circle.
It was the conversation of every circle; and discussed according to the dispositions, or views of the speakers.
We (the officers) were sitting in a circle round the general and Alcalde, both of whom appeared uneasy and anxious.
His books were read in our homes, often aloud to the family circle by paterfamilias, and moved us to laughter or tears.
A child's attempt to represent a man appears commonly to begin by drawing a sort of circle for the front view of the head.