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单词 circulate
释义 circulate
 —circulatable,  adj.   —circulative /serr"kyeuh lay'tiv, -leuh tiv/,  adj.   —circulatory /serr"kyeuh leuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/,  adj.  
 /serr"kyeuh layt'/,  v.  , circulated, circulating.
  v.i.  
  1. to move in a circle or circuit; move or pass through a circuit back to the starting point: Blood circulates throughout the body.
  2. to pass from place to place, from person to person, etc.: She circulated among her guests.
  3. to be distributed or sold, esp. over a wide area.
  4.  Library Science.   (of books and other materials) to be available for borrowing by patrons of a library for a specified period of time.
  v.t.  
  5. to cause to pass from place to place, person to person, etc.; disseminate; distribute: to circulate a rumor.
  6.  Library Science.   to lend (books and other materials) to patrons of a library for a specified period of time.
 [1425-75 for earlier senses; 1665-75 for current senses; late ME < L circulatus (ptp. of circulari to gather round one, ML circulare to encircle), equiv. to circul(us) CIRCLE + -atus -ATE1]
 Syn. 3. disperse, spread, promulgate.
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