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circumnavigation

/sur-kuhm-nav-i-geyt/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt) //

环球航行,环岛航行,环游,环行

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing.

    • : to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
    • : to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as incircuit

Examples

  • The intense heat of some infernos can propel this soot and ash to altitudes so high that it can circumnavigate the globe.

  • The pretended circumnavigation of Africa by Eudoxus is referred to, as well as some geographical errors of Polybius.

  • The haphazard general management is well illustrated by the only brilliant achievement of the war—the Anson circumnavigation.

  • By the union of these two parties, the circumnavigation of Lake Michigan had been completely made.

  • The expedition now began to move westward in its slow circumnavigation of the lake, and came at length to Muiwanda.

  • This was the first circumnavigation of the globe and demonstrated the grandeur of the discovery made by Columbus.