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circle n.圆圈；圈子；包厢v.划圈；包围；盘旋；环绕 (1) 舞者们围着篝火站成一圈。(2) 正方形有四条边，而圆形没有边。(3) 他有一大群朋友。(4) 他所处的社交圈子很排外，而且参加的又是个很排外的社团。(5) 我们预订了楼厅包厢的座位。(6) 有人将下一段划了一个红圈。(7) 飞机在着陆之前在机场上空盘旋。(8) 月亮每28天绕地球旋转一周。 The Greek word kirkos meant circle, but the word goes back even further to the Proto-Indo-European word kirk, which meant "to bend." The noun refers to that round shape, while the verb form means to move around or surround something. Are you going to knock on the door or just circle around the house all day? If you feel like you haven't been getting anywhere with something, you might say you're "going in circles."

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英 ['sɜːkl] 美 ['sɜːrkl] (1) The dancers were standing in a circle around the fire.(2) A square has four sides but a circle has no sides.(3) He has a large circle of friends.(4) He is part of an exclusive social circle and belongs to an exclusive club.(5) We've booked seats in the circle.(6) Someone had circled the next paragraph in red.(7) The plane circled the airport before landing.(8) The moon circles the earth every 28 days. A circle is the round shape formed by all the points equidistant from a center point. This shape can be found everywhere, from the ring on your finger to the performance space in a circus (which sounds suspiciously similar, doesn’t it?). 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]圆；圆形；圆圈 A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area. The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center...旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.我写下46这个数字，又画了个圆将它圈起来。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]圆形物；圆片；圆块 A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it.   [usu N of n]Cut out 4 circles of pastry.切出四块圆形油酥面饼。...a circle of yellow light.圆形黄光区3[N-COUNT 可数名词]一圈（物体或人） A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle.   [oft N of n]The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones...纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。We stood in a circle holding hands.我们站成一圈，手牵着手。4[VERB 动词]包围；围绕；环绕 If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it.   [V n]  [V around/round n]This is the ring road that circles the city.这是环绕市区的环路。...the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn.围绕着大片修剪过的草坪的长长的弧形车道5[VERB 动词](在上空)盘旋，绕圈子 If an aircraft or a bird circles or circles something, it moves round in a circle in the air.   [V]  [V adv/prep]  [V n]The plane circled, awaiting permission to land...飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。There were two helicopters circling around.有两架直升机在空中盘旋。...like a hawk circling prey.像老鹰在猎物头顶盘旋6[VERB 动词]围绕…移动；绕着…转圈 To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them.   [V around/round n]  [V n]Emily kept circling around her mother...埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。The silent wolves would track and circle them.悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。7[VERB 动词]在…上画圈；将…圈起来 If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it.   [V n]Circle the correct answers on the coupon below.将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。8[N-COUNT 可数名词](指朋友或有相同兴趣或职业的人组成的)圈子，界 You can refer to a group of people as a circle when they meet each other regularly because they are friends or because they belong to the same profession or share the same interests.   [with supp]He has a small circle of friends...他的朋友圈子很小。Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。9[N-SING 单数名词](剧院、影院的)楼厅包厢 In a theatre or cinema, the circle is an area of seats on the upper floor.   [the N]10See also:Arctic Circle；dress circle；inner circle；vicious circle；virtuous circle；  11[PHRASE 短语]兜了一圈回到原地；循环 If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists.   [V inflects]We've come full circle and dark-blue jeans are once again the height of style.风水轮流转，时下最流行的又是深蓝色牛仔裤了。12[PHRASE 短语]在原地兜圈子；原地踏步；毫无进展 If you say that someone is going round in circles or around in circles, you mean that they are not achieving anything because they keep coming back to the same point or problem.   [V inflects]

英语单词	circle
英美音标	英 ['sɜːkl] 美 ['sɜːrkl]
中文释义	n.圆圈；圈子；包厢 v.划圈；包围；盘旋；环绕
英语例句	(1) The dancers were standing in a circle around the fire. (2) A square has four sides but a circle has no sides. (3) He has a large circle of friends. (4) He is part of an exclusive social circle and belongs to an exclusive club. (5) We've booked seats in the circle. (6) Someone had circled the next paragraph in red. (7) The plane circled the airport before landing. (8) The moon circles the earth every 28 days.
中文例句	(1) 舞者们围着篝火站成一圈。 (2) 正方形有四条边，而圆形没有边。 (3) 他有一大群朋友。 (4) 他所处的社交圈子很排外，而且参加的又是个很排外的社团。 (5) 我们预订了楼厅包厢的座位。 (6) 有人将下一段划了一个红圈。 (7) 飞机在着陆之前在机场上空盘旋。 (8) 月亮每28天绕地球旋转一周。
vocabulary简明	A circle is the round shape formed by all the points equidistant from a center point. This shape can be found everywhere, from the ring on your finger to the performance space in a circus (which sounds suspiciously similar, doesn’t it?).
vocabulary扩展	The Greek word kirkos meant circle, but the word goes back even further to the Proto-Indo-European word kirk, which meant "to bend." The noun refers to that round shape, while the verb form means to move around or surround something. Are you going to knock on the door or just circle around the house all day? If you feel like you haven't been getting anywhere with something, you might say you're "going in circles."
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]圆；圆形；圆圈 A circle is a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area. The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center... 旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。 I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it. 我写下46这个数字，又画了个圆将它圈起来。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]圆形物；圆片；圆块 A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it. [usu N of n] Cut out 4 circles of pastry. 切出四块圆形油酥面饼。 ...a circle of yellow light. 圆形黄光区 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词]一圈（物体或人） A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle. [oft N of n] The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones... 纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。 We stood in a circle holding hands. 我们站成一圈，手牵着手。 4 [VERB 动词]包围；围绕；环绕 If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it. [V n] [V around/round n] This is the ring road that circles the city. 这是环绕市区的环路。 ...the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn. 围绕着大片修剪过的草坪的长长的弧形车道 5 [VERB 动词](在上空)盘旋，绕圈子 If an aircraft or a bird circles or circles something, it moves round in a circle in the air. [V] [V adv/prep] [V n] The plane circled, awaiting permission to land... 飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。 There were two helicopters circling around. 有两架直升机在空中盘旋。 ...like a hawk circling prey. 像老鹰在猎物头顶盘旋 6 [VERB 动词]围绕…移动；绕着…转圈 To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them. [V around/round n] [V n] Emily kept circling around her mother... 埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。 The silent wolves would track and circle them. 悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。 7 [VERB 动词]在…上画圈；将…圈起来 If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it. [V n] Circle the correct answers on the coupon below. 将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。 8 [N-COUNT 可数名词](指朋友或有相同兴趣或职业的人组成的)圈子，界 You can refer to a group of people as a circle when they meet each other regularly because they are friends or because they belong to the same profession or share the same interests. [with supp] He has a small circle of friends... 他的朋友圈子很小。 Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles. 奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。 9 [N-SING 单数名词](剧院、影院的)楼厅包厢 In a theatre or cinema, the circle is an area of seats on the upper floor. [the N] 10 See also:Arctic Circle ；dress circle ；inner circle ；vicious circle ；virtuous circle ； 11 [PHRASE 短语]兜了一圈回到原地；循环 If you say that you have come full circle or have turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists. [V inflects] We've come full circle and dark-blue jeans are once again the height of style. 风水轮流转，时下最流行的又是深蓝色牛仔裤了。 12 [PHRASE 短语]在原地兜圈子；原地踏步；毫无进展 If you say that someone is going round in circles or around in circles, you mean that they are not achieving anything because they keep coming back to the same point or problem. [V inflects]

Circle N [V Round Shape N Count 可数名词 Verb