Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense circles, present participle circling, past tense, past participle circled
1N-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. 圆;圆形;圆圈
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.
6VERB 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈 To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them. 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈
Emily kept circling around her mother. [V + around/round]
埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。
The silent wolves would track and circle them. [VERB noun]
悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。
7VERB 在…上画圈;将…圈起来 If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it. 在…上画圈;将…圈起来
Circle the correct answers on the coupon below. [VERB noun]
将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。
8N-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. (指朋友或有相同兴趣或职业的人组成的)圈子,界
He has a small circle of friends. [+ of]
他的朋友圈子很小。
Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.
11PHRASE 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. 兜了一圈回到原地;循环
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。
12PHRASE [VERB inflects]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. 在原地兜圈子;原地踏步;毫无进展