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circumfluent

/ser-kuhm-floo-uhnt/US // sərˈkʌm flu ənt //

绕口令,绕口,绕口令式,环绕式

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : flowing around; encompassing.

Examples

  • Here were gathered people who worked always in that circumfluent inspiration, that murmur of liberty, that whisper of humanity.

  • Like Homer he looked upon the habitable world (οἰκουμένη) as being circular in outline and bounded by a circumfluent river.

  • Philosophers have their disputes also concerning the center of the world and the circumfluent water.

  • The salival glands drink up a certain fluid from the circumfluent blood, and pour it into the mouth.