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- n.圆;圈;圆圈;圆形;圆周;环;圆形物;环状物
- v.(尤指在空中)盘旋，环行，转圈;圈出;圈起;围绕…画圈
- circle的第三人称单数和复数
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N-COUNT 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。
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N-COUNT 圆形物;圆片;圆块
A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it.Cut out 4 circles of pastry.
切出四块圆形油酥面饼。
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N-COUNT 一圈（物体或人）
A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle.The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones...
纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。
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VERB 包围;围绕;环绕
If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it.This is the ring road that circles the city.
这是环绕市区的环路。
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VERB (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.The plane circled, awaiting permission to land...
飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。
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VERB 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈
To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them.Emily kept circling around her mother...
埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。
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VERB 在…上画圈;将…圈起来
If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it.Circle the correct answers on the coupon below.
将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。
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N-COUNT (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.He has a small circle of friends...
他的朋友圈子很小。
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N-SING (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. -
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See also:Arctic Circle;dress circle;inner circle;vicious circle;virtuous circle -
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PHRASE 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.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。
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PHRASE 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.
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The circles will intersect in two places
这两个圆将在两处交叉。
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On a blackboard , he drew five concentric circles .
他在黑板上画了5个同心圆。
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This formula is used to calculate the area of a circle .
这个公式用于计算圆的面积。
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Cut out two circles of paper .
剪出两个圆形纸片。
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She has a wide circle of friends .
她交游很广。
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He drew a circle in the sand with a stick .
他用枝条在沙地上画了一个圆。
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The shark described a circle around the shoal of fish .
这条鲨鱼围绕着鱼群游动。
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The children stood in a circle .
孩子们站成一圈。
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The plane flew around in a tight circle .
飞机绕着小圈盘旋。
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All points on a circle are equidistant from the centre .
圆周上各点离圆心的距离相等。
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She walked the horse round in a circle .
她牵着马兜圈子。
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Jenny has a wide circle of friends .
珍妮交友甚广。
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Draw a circle .
画一个圆圈。
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You 're moving in very exalted circles !
你这是出入于显贵要人的圈子呀！
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We can speculate that the stone circles were used in some sort of pagan ceremony .
我们可以推测，这些石头排成的圆圈是用于某种异教崇拜仪式的。
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Chairs in rows are not as conducive to discussion as chairs arranged in a circle .
椅子成排摆放不如成圈摆放便于讨论。
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A group of people made a circle around the Pentagon .
一群人在五角大楼四周围成一圈。
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The process is not a circle but rather a spiral
这个过程不是一个圆周运动而是螺旋上升型的。
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All the buildings have names and form a half circle .
所有的建筑都有名称，连在一起构成了一个半圆。
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This is the ring road that circles the city .
这是环绕市区的环路。
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He is a cultured man with a wide circle of friends .
他为人文雅，结交广泛。
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Riddick 's first move was to form a quality circle .
里迪克的第一项举措就是成立质量研讨小组。
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He was on the front lawn , measuring out two circles .
他在前面的草坪上丈量并标记出两个圆圈。
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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。
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I could see big circles of dampness under each arm
我能看到每只胳膊下都湿了一大圈。
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He used a rope to mark off the circle
他用绳子把那个圈围了起来。
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He has a small circle of friends
他的朋友圈子很小。
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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。
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Roll out the dough into one large circle
将面团擀成大的圆形面皮。
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Oxford 's social circle was far too liberal for her taste .
牛津的社交圈过于开放，不合她的胃口。