单词 | circular |
释义 | circular (once / 160 pages) 1adj 2n WORD FAMILY circular: circularise, circularity, circularize, circularly, circulars, circulate+/circle: circled, circles, circlet, circling, circular, encircle, semicircle/circlet: circlets/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 EXAMPLESShe limited herself to two or three colours, painting interlocking abstractions where ovals met rectangles and triangles and semicircles, often set within a circular whole. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Knott’s representatives say their mechanics tried several times to get the enclosed, circular tram down before calling the Orange County Fire Authority to assist. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) It’s a route that country walk planners term circular. The Guardian(Dec 25, 2016) 1 1adj having a circular shape Syn|Ant round apple-shaped having the general shape of an apple ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, sphericalhaving the shape of a sphere or ball barrel-shapedhaving the general shape of a barrel bulb-shaped, bulblike, bulbousshaped like a bulb capitatebeing abruptly enlarged and globose at the tip coccoidspherical; like a coccus cumuliformshaped like a cumulus cloud disc-shaped, disclike, discoid, discoidal, disk-shaped, disklikehaving a flat circular shape goblet-shapedresembling the shape of a goblet moon-round, moonlikeresembling the moon in shape nutlikeresembling a nut in shape and size pancake-likeresembling a pancake in shape pear-shapedhaving a round shape tapered at one end pinwheel-shapedhaving the round shape of a pinwheel ringlikehaving the shape of a ring roundishsomewhat round in appearance or form wheel-likeround like a wheel roundedcurving and somewhat round in shape rather than jagged square having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle quadratehaving four sides and four angles right-angledforming a right angle or containing one or more right angles squaredhaving been made square squarishsomewhat square in appearance or form angular, angulatehaving angles or an angular shape 2adj describing a circle; moving in a circle 2the circular motion of the wheel Syn orbitual, rotary cyclic, cyclical recurring in cycles n an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution he mailed the circular to all subscribers Syn|Hypo|Hyper bill, broadsheet, broadside, flier, flyer, handbill, throwaway stuffer an advertising circular that is enclosed with other material and (usually) sent by mail ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing a public promotion of some product or service |
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