英汉词典

1. 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.

    e.g. 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。
    e.g. 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。

2. 圆形物;圆片;圆块
    A circle of something is a round flat piece or area of it.

    e.g. Cut out 4 circles of pastry.
           切出四块圆形油酥面饼。
    e.g. ...a circle of yellow light.
           圆形黄光区

3. 一圈（物体或人）
    A circle of objects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle.

circle什么意思

    e.g. The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones...
           纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。
    e.g. We stood in a circle holding hands.
           我们站成一圈，手牵着手。

4. 包围;围绕;环绕
    If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, it forms a circle around it.

    e.g. This is the ring road that circles the city.
           这是环绕市区的环路。
    e.g. ...the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn.
           围绕着大片修剪过的草坪的长长的弧形车道

5. (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.

circle的翻译

    e.g. The plane circled, awaiting permission to land...
           飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。
    e.g. There were two helicopters circling around.
           有两架直升机在空中盘旋。

6. 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈
    To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, means to move around them.

    e.g. Emily kept circling around her mother...
           埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。
    e.g. The silent wolves would track and circle them.
           悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。

7. 在…上画圈;将…圈起来
    If you circle something on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it.

    e.g. Circle the correct answers on the coupon below.
           将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。

8. (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.

    e.g. He has a small circle of friends...
           他的朋友圈子很小。
    e.g. Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.
           奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。

9. (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.

10. see also: Arctic Circle;dress circle;inner circle;vicious circle;virtuous circle

11. 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.

      e.g. 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。

12. 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.

circle是什么意思