cir·cle

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【释义】：

n．❶ 圆，圆周：draw a circle画一个圆．❷ 圆形物，环状，环形看台：a circle of mountains环状山脉．sit in a circle坐成一圈．❸ 圈子，小组，…界：the Marxist circle马克思主义小组．the U．S．ruling circles美国统治集团．the family circle家族．educational circles教育界．academic circles学术界．❹ 周期，循环：the circle of the seasons四季循环．come full circle绕了一圈．

－vt．环绕…而转，围：The moon circles the earth．月亮环绕地球转．

－vi．盘旋，旋转，环行：The aero plane circled above us．飞机在我们头上盘旋．The news circled round．消息传开了．