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Circuit Continent Latin Related 4056.Circuit 英 Sɜːkɪt]美 Sɝkɪt

正面 4056.circuit
英 ['sɜːkɪt]美 ['sɝkɪt]

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释义:
n. [电子] 电路,回路;巡回;一圈;环道vi. 环行vt. 绕回…环行
例句:
1. He was just starting to become known on the cabaret circuit.他在卡巴莱歌舞表演圈中刚刚开始有点名气。

1. con- "together" + tin- + -ent.2. => hold together, keep together, enclose.3. 由此得出两种引申义:一、既然是握在一起的,那么就引申为“连续的,衔接在一起的”;二、既然被圈在一起、禁锢在一起,那么就引申义“节制、克制”。4. continent (n.): 取第一种引申义,表示:continuous land. 表示连续的一片陆地;由此引申义:large land mass.5. from continent land, translating Latin terra continens "continuous land".6. continent (adj.): 取第二种引申义。
circuit 电路circle,圈,-it,走,词源同ion,exit,itinerary.
circuit (n.)late 14c., "a going around; a line going around," from Old French circuit (14c.) "a circuit; a journey (around something)," from Latin circuitus "a going around," from stem of circuire, circumire "go around," from circum "round" (see circum-) + ire "to go" (see ion). Electrical sense is from 1746. Of judicial assignments, from 1570s; of venues for itinerant entertainers, from 1834. Circuit breaker is recorded from 1874. Related: Circuital.circuit (v.)"to go around," early 15c., from circuit (n.). Related: Circuited; circuiting."

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