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circling

/sur-kuhl/US // ˈsɜr kəl //UK // (ˈsɜːkəl) //

盘旋而上,盘旋,盘旋的,盘绕

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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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.
v.有主动词 verb
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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.
v.无主动词 verb
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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

verbgo around, circumnavigate

Examples

  • Instead of passing the sauce around in a circle, you pass it randomly to the person seated directly to your left or to your right.

  • If I could have broken into the circle, I think Obama and I would have been friends.

  • These circles don’t intersect, making it impossible to locate the third vertex of the triangle.

  • Maybe it’s particles moving around, maybe it’s planets in the solar system, maybe it’s as simple as something rotating on a circle.

  • Says freedom of speech is “falling out of favor in some circles.”

  • The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.

  • Few questions, no matter how fun and silly, go by without circling back to their accomplishments or future projects.

  • They envisioned warriors lost in battle, and women who died in childbirth, as honored spirits, circling the sun like hummingbirds.

  • Once label execs heard “Hideaway,” they began circling it like hawks.

  • Having sufficiently wet ourselves, we viewers are left with a chilling, black-and-white image of blood circling the shower drain.

  • In his mind Findlayson had already escaped from the boat, and was circling high in air to find a rest for the sole of his foot.

  • With a flap of his great, black wings he shot downward, circling toward the plain.

  • An estrada is simply a path leading from one Hevea tree to another and circling back to camp.

  • I inserted the clip, and lay there with my fore-sight following the disk ship in its steady circling flight.

  • Over our heads the great blasting explosions went on, and I saw but three of the circling disks left to the defense of the city.