| 单词 | circlet |
| 释义 | circlet (once / 6925 pages) n Use the noun circlet to describe something that's shaped like a little circle. You might shape a circlet of greens to hang on your door as a wreath. Circlet is an old-fashioned word for a small circle. You could talk about a bride putting a circlet of gold on her groom's finger, or describe a doughnut as a circlet of sweet dough fried in hot oil. Classically, a circlet referred to a crown — a circle made of fine metal and jewels. The Latin root, circus, means "ring," and the French cerclet came later, to mean a smaller ring or circle. WORD FAMILYcirclet: circlets+/circle: circled, circles, circlet, circling, circular, encircle, semicircle/circular: circularise, circularity, circularize, circularly, circulars, circulate/circularise: circularisation, circularised, circularises, circularising/circularity: circularities/circularize: circularization, circularized, circularizing/circulate: circulated, circulates, circulating, circulation, circulative, circulatory/circulation: circulations, recirculation/encircle: encircled, encirclement, encircles, encircling/encirclement: encirclements/encircling: encirclingly/semicircle: semicircles, semicircular/semicircular: semicircularly USAGE EXAMPLESHe wore a thin circlet of gold on his head. Rick Riordan, The Battle of the Labyrinth(2008) She looked at the older girl with the circlet. Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse(2007) Meghan, a fifth grader, smoothly pulled down commands and got her Sphero to roll, execute a nice circlet, and come back. The New Yorker(May 16, 2016) 1n a small circle Hyper circle ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point 2n decorated metal band worn around the head Hyper adornment a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness |
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