circle

UK:  ['sɜː(r)k(ə)l]

US:  ['sɜrk(ə)l]

复数：circles  现在分词：circling  过去分词：circled  

n.

1.圆;圆周;圈;环;环状物

2.圆形场地,马戏场;(铁路的)环行交叉口;(体育场的)圆形看台;(剧场的)楼厅

3.党派,圈子,集团,…界,(活动、势力、思想等的)范围

4.圈子,小天地,生活圈儿

5.循环,周而复始

6.界;团体

7.周围,周围人物

8.社会;社交场合

9.〔火〕网

10.周期,循环;(天体运行的)轨道;(体操的)环转运动;【逻辑学】循环论法;(科学等的)完整体系,整体

v.

1.盘旋,环行,兜圈子;旋转,回转

2.围,环绕;绕过

3.包围;盘旋;绕

4.盘旋,打转儿

5.迂回航行

6.流传

1 . Argus was a watchman with a hundred eyes, set in a circle all around his head.
阿刚斯是个有100只眼睛的看守，他能看到头顶上一圈的任何东西。

2 . I'm glad I went back to India, and I'm glad to be back in the U. S. Life has come full circle but the center has shifted.
我庆幸回过印度，也很庆幸又回到了美国。生活就是一个圆，只是圆心在变。

3 . Just then Tesla began to shoulder his way to the center of the circle.
就在这时，泰斯拉用肩膀推出条路，走到围圈中央。

4 . I would not let you guys use those words in such a divine circle of friends as attended the tree-house party, would it not be but the truth.
我不会让你们对参加树屋聚会的那群神圣的朋友圈使用那些语言，但这就是事实。

5 . Not until the late 18th century did the British explorer James Cook cross the Antarctic Circle, but he never saw land.
直到18世纪末，英国探险家詹姆斯·库克才穿越了南极圈，但他却从未发现任何陆地。