| 单词 | cycle |
| 释义 | Word Frequency cycle(ˈsaɪkəl) noun 1. a recurring period of time in which certain events or phenomena occur and reach completion or repeat themselves in a regular sequence 2. a completed series of events that follows or is followed by another series of similar events occurring in the same sequence 3. the time taken or needed for one such series 4. a vast period of time; age; aeon 5. a group of poems or prose narratives forming a continuous story about a central figure or event the Arthurian cycle 6. a series of miracle plays the Chester cycle 7. a group or sequence of songs song cycle 8. short for bicycle, tricycle, motorcycle 9. astronomy the orbit of a celestial body 10. a recurrent series of events or processes in plants and animals a life cycle a growth cycle a metabolic cycle 11. physics a continuous change or a sequence of changes in the state of a system that leads tothe restoration of the system to its original state after a finite period of time 12. one of a series of repeated changes in the magnitude of a periodically varying quantity, such as current or voltage 13. computing a. a set of operations that can be both treated and repeated as a unit b. the time required to complete a set of operations c. one oscillation of the regular voltage waveform used to synchronize processes in a digital computer 14. (in generative grammar) the set of cyclic rules verb 15. (transitive) to process through a cycle or system 16. (intransitive) to move in or pass through cycles 17. to travel by or ride a bicycle or tricycle Derived forms cycling (ˈcycling) noun, adjective Word origin C14: from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos cycle, circle, ring, wheel; see wheel |
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