【circle音标】 英[ˈsɜ:kl] 美[ˈsɜ:rkl]
【单词释义】 circle是什么意思：
n.圆；圆状物；一圈；圈子
vt.圈出，包围；绕…运转
vi.环绕，盘旋
[单词分级] 中考英语词汇
[单词复数] circles [第三人称单数] circles
[单词现在分词] circling
[单词过去式] circled
[单词过去分词] circled
【circle形近词/近似词】
article n.文章；物品
cubicle n.小卧室；小隔间
semicircle n.半圆;半圆弧线
cuticle n.（手指甲或脚趾甲根部的）外皮，角质层
particle n.微粒，颗粒；[数，物]粒子，质点；极小量
uncle n.叔叔；伯父
obstacle n.障碍；阻碍；障碍物；绊脚石
miracle n.奇迹，圣迹，神迹
vehicle n.交通工具；车辆
encircle v. 包围；围绕；环绕
【近义词解析】
◇ 形状
shape n.形状
square n.正方形 adj.正方形的
circle n.圆形
circular [四级]adj.圆形的;环形的
semicircle n.半圆
semicircular [四级]半圆形的
round adj.圆形的;环形的
triangle n.三角形
triangular [六级/考研]adj.三角形的
rectangle n.长方形;矩形
rectangular [专八]adj.长方形的;矩形的
【单词例句】
◇ He circled around and around in the water like a wheel, craning his neck out into the air after them. Then he uttered the shriek so piercing and so strange that he was quite frightened by himself.
他在水上像一个车轮似地不停地旋转着，同时，把自己的颈项高高地向他们伸着，发出一种响亮的怪叫声，连他自己也吓着了。
---- The Ugly Duckling
◇ Every day, Americans throw away 500 million plastic straws, enough to circle the Earth twice, or fill 125 school buses.
每天美国人都要扔掉5亿根塑料吸管，足以绕地球两圈，或者装满125辆校车。
---- Is time up for this plastic relic
◇ We knew that we were created from their love but that their love was an entity separate from us,a circle complete within itself.
我们深知，我们是他们爱情的结晶，不过，即使没有我们，他二人的爱也已经是完美无瑕，毫无缺憾的了。
---- To Love Enough
◇ She noticed the other bird moving back and forth on the edge of the cage. She could feel his GREat need for freedom. He needed to soar into the clear, blue sky. She lifted him from the cage and tossed him softly into the air. The bird circled once, twice, three times.
她注意到另一只鸟儿在笼边扑闪着翅膀。她可以感觉到它对自由的无限向往。它渴望冲向明净的蓝天。她将它举起，轻轻抛向空中。鸟儿盘旋了一圈，两圈，三圈。
---- Best Way to Keep Love is to Give It Wings
◇ When the time was up and the day came when the evil one was to get her, she washed herself clean and drew a circle around herself with chalk.
三年过去了，在恶魔要来带她走那天，她将自己从头到脚洗得乾乾净净，用粉笔绕着自己画了一个圈。