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单词 circumvolution
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Definition of circumvolution in English:

circumvolution

noun ˌsəːkəmvəˈluːʃ(ə)nˌsərkəmvəˈluʃən
  • A winding movement, especially of one thing round another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are the circumvolutions of word and image that positivist imperatives impose on a venture whose Eurocentrism and imperialism he acknowledges but does not pursue.
    • Here, the musicians position each sound, each effect, in the spectrum with great precision, careful not to disturb the balance between the abstract constructions and the delicate melodic circumvolutions.
    • We arrived at 4am. and after the cleansing ritual came the circumvolution of the Ka'abah (the black stone) where the pilgrims walk round the Ka'abah 7 times following the rituals of Abraham.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin circumvolut- 'rolled around', from the verb circumvolvere, from circum 'around' + volvere 'roll'.

Rhymes

ablution, absolution, allocution, attribution, circumlocution, Confucian, constitution, contribution, convolution, counter-revolution, destitution, dilution, diminution, distribution, electrocution, elocution, evolution, execution, institution, interlocution, irresolution, Lilliputian, locution, perlocution, persecution, pollution, prosecution, prostitution, restitution, retribution, Rosicrucian, solution, substitution, volution
 
 

Definition of circumvolution in US English:

circumvolution

nounˌsərkəmvəˈlo͞oSHənˌsərkəmvəˈluʃən
  • A winding movement, especially of one thing around another.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Here, the musicians position each sound, each effect, in the spectrum with great precision, careful not to disturb the balance between the abstract constructions and the delicate melodic circumvolutions.
    • We arrived at 4am. and after the cleansing ritual came the circumvolution of the Ka'abah (the black stone) where the pilgrims walk round the Ka'abah 7 times following the rituals of Abraham.
    • These are the circumvolutions of word and image that positivist imperatives impose on a venture whose Eurocentrism and imperialism he acknowledges but does not pursue.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin circumvolut- ‘rolled around’, from the verb circumvolvere, from circum ‘around’ + volvere ‘roll’.

 
 
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