英语词汇“to run circles round”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Originally U.S. to run (also do, etc.) circles round (also around): to surpass with ease; to outclass; cf. to run rings round at ring n.¹ 16d. Also with other verbs: to outperform easily in the specified activity.

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the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > so completely as to be in different class

outclass1870

to run circles round1897

1897 Syracuse (N.Y.) 4 July 9/6 The speedy Herreshoff flyer..has for four years been facile princeps on the river. She could run circles around any of the craft running between Clayton and the Bay.

1906 McClure's Mag. July 229/2 That old road engine? We could do circles 'round him. Wait till we meet a decent car.

1912 Sunset Mar. 286/2 My girl could sing circles around a sky lark.

1916 in J. London On Makaloa Mat 198 In a hundred yards the world champion could invariably beat him a second flat; but over a distance of miles he could swim circles around the champion.

1947 J. Godden House by Sea iv. iii. 208 I will make circles round them, I promise you, and they will go away with their tails between their legs, no wiser than when they came.

1959 A. Abbs Ashanti Boy v. 173 With his brain..he'll be able to run circles round everybody as he goes up that school.

1985 P. Auster N.Y. Trilogy (1988) i. x. 98 In spite of his inane malapropisms, he can talk circles around everyone else.

2008 S. Augarde Winter Wood (2009) ii. 24 Quick-thinking, tap-dancing Azzie, who could run circles round this lot, physically and verbally, before they'd have time to blink.

单词	to run circles round
释义	> as lemmas to run (also do, etc.) circles round (also around) Originally U.S. to run (also do, etc.) circles round (also around): to surpass with ease; to outclass; cf. to run rings round at ring n.¹ 16d. Also with other verbs: to outperform easily in the specified activity. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > outdo or surpass [verb (transitive)] > so completely as to be in different class outclass1870 to run circles round1897 1897 Syracuse (N.Y.) 4 July 9/6 The speedy Herreshoff flyer..has for four years been facile princeps on the river. She could run circles around any of the craft running between Clayton and the Bay. 1906 McClure's Mag. July 229/2 That old road engine? We could do circles 'round him. Wait till we meet a decent car. 1912 Sunset Mar. 286/2 My girl could sing circles around a sky lark. 1916 in J. London On Makaloa Mat 198 In a hundred yards the world champion could invariably beat him a second flat; but over a distance of miles he could swim circles around the champion. 1947 J. Godden House by Sea iv. iii. 208 I will make circles round them, I promise you, and they will go away with their tails between their legs, no wiser than when they came. 1959 A. Abbs Ashanti Boy v. 173 With his brain..he'll be able to run circles round everybody as he goes up that school. 1985 P. Auster N.Y. Trilogy (1988) i. x. 98 In spite of his inane malapropisms, he can talk circles around everyone else. 2008 S. Augarde Winter Wood (2009) ii. 24 Quick-thinking, tap-dancing Azzie, who could run circles round this lot, physically and verbally, before they'd have time to blink. extracted from circlen. < as lemmas
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