单词 | circumnavigate |
释义 | circumnavigate —circumnavigable /serr'keuhm nav"i geuh beuhl/, adj. —circumnavigation, n. —circumnavigator, n. —circumnavigatory /serr'keuhm nav"i geuh tawr'ee, -tohr'ee/, adj. /serr'keuhm nav"i gayt'/, v.t., circumnavigated, circumnavigating. 1. to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth. 2. to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic. [1625-35; < L circumnavigatus (ptp. of circumnavigare), equiv. to circum- CIRCUM- + navigatus; see NAVIGATE] |
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