| 单词 | circuit |
| 释义 | circuit —circuital, adj. /serr"kit/, n. 1. an act or instance of going or moving around. 2. a circular journey or one beginning and ending at the same place; a round. 3. a roundabout journey or course. 4. a periodical journey from place to place, to perform certain duties, as by judges to hold court, ministers to preach, or salespeople covering a route. 5. the persons making such a journey. 6. the route followed, places visited, or district covered by such a journey. 7. the line going around or bounding any area or object; the distance about an area or object. 8. the space within a bounding line; district: the circuit of the valley. 9. Elect. a. Also called electric circuit. the complete path of an electric current, including the generating apparatus, intervening resistors, or capacitors. b. any well-defined segment of a complete circuit. 10. Telecommunications. a means of transmitting communication signals or messages, usually comprising two channels for interactive communication. Cf. channel1 (def. 12). 11. a number of theaters, nightclubs, etc., controlled by the same owner or manager or visited in turn by the same entertainers or acting companies. 12. a league or association: He used to play baseball for the Texas circuit. 13. ride circuit, Law. (of a judge) to travel a judicial county or district in order to conduct judicial proceedings. v.t. 14. to go or move around; make the circuit of. v.i. 15. to go or move in a circuit. [1350-1400; ME < L circuitus, var. of circumitus circular motion, cycle, equiv. to circu(m)i-, var. s. of circu(m)ire to go round, circle (circum- CIRCUM- + ire to go) + -tus suffix of v. action; cf. AMBIT, EXIT] Syn. 2. tour, revolution, orbit. 7. circumference, perimeter, periphery, boundary, compass. 8. region, compass, area, range, field. 11. chain. |
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