circled

英 [ˈsɜːkld]

美 [ˈsɜːrkld]

v.  (尤指在空中)盘旋，环行，转圈; 围绕…画圈; 圈出; 圈起
circle的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：circled　

BNC.48855 / COCA.34200

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 圆;圆形;圆圈
  Acircleis a shape consisting of a curved line completely surrounding an area. Every part of the line is the same distance from the centre of the area.
  1. The flag was red, with a large white circle in the center...
     旗子是红色的，中央有个白色大圆圈。
  2. I wrote down the number 46 and drew a circle around it.
     我写下46这个数字，又画了个圆将它圈起来。
• N-COUNT 圆形物;圆片;圆块
  Acircle ofsomething is a round flat piece or area of it.
  1. Cut out 4 circles of pastry.
     切出四块圆形油酥面饼。
  2. ...a circle of yellow light.
     圆形黄光区
• N-COUNT 一圈（物体或人）
  Acircle ofobjects or people is a group of them arranged in the shape of a circle.
  1. The monument consists of a circle of gigantic stones...
     纪念碑由一圈巨石组成。
  2. We stood in a circle holding hands.
     我们站成一圈，手牵着手。
• VERB 包围;围绕;环绕
  If somethingcirclesan object or a place, orcircles aroundit, it forms a circle around it.
  1. This is the ring road that circles the city.
     这是环绕市区的环路。
  2. ...the long curving driveway that circled around the vast clipped lawn.
     围绕着大片修剪过的草坪的长长的弧形车道
• VERB (在上空)盘旋，绕圈子
  If an aircraft or a birdcirclesorcirclessomething, it moves round in a circle in the air.
  1. The plane circled, awaiting permission to land...
     飞机在天上盘旋，等候着陆许可。
  2. There were two helicopters circling around.
     有两架直升机在空中盘旋。
  3. ...like a hawk circling prey.
     像老鹰在猎物头顶盘旋
• VERB 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈
  Tocircle aroundsomeone or something, or tocirclethem, means to move around them.
  1. Emily kept circling around her mother...
     埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。
  2. The silent wolves would track and circle them.
     悄无声息的群狼会跟踪并包围他们。
• VERB 在…上画圈;将…圈起来
  If youcirclesomething on a piece of paper, you draw a circle around it.
  1. Circle the correct answers on the coupon below.
     将下面参赛券上的正确答案圈出来。
• N-COUNT (指朋友或有相同兴趣或职业的人组成的)圈子，界
  You can refer to a group of people as acirclewhen they meet each other regularly because they are friends or because they belong to the same profession or share the same interests.
  1. He has a small circle of friends...
     他的朋友圈子很小。
  2. Alton has made himself fiercely unpopular in certain circles.
     奥尔顿把自己搞得在某些圈子里极其不受欢迎。
• (剧院、影院的)楼厅包厢
  In a theatre or cinema,the circleis an area of seats on the upper floor.
• See also:Arctic Circledress circleinner circlevicious circlevirtuous circle
• PHRASE 兜了一圈回到原地;循环
  If you say that youhave come full circleorhave turned full circle, you mean that after a long series of events or changes the same situation that you started with still exists.
  1. We've come full circle and dark-blue jeans are once again the height of style.
     风水轮流转，时下最流行的又是深蓝色牛仔裤了。
• 在原地兜圈子;原地踏步;毫无进展
  If you say that someoneis going round in circlesoraround in circles, you mean that they are not achieving anything because they keep coming back to the same point or problem.

双语例句

• While he was sleeping, the spaceship circled the earth twice.
  他睡觉时，太空船绕地球飞了两圈。
• So our fishing boat and our Coast Guard ships circled the island and then they came home.
  所以我们的渔船和我们的海岸巡逻船在绕到后返回。
• The bird circled again. This time Santiago saw tuna leaping in the sunlight.
  这只猛禽又在盘旋了，这次桑提亚哥瞧见金枪鱼在太阳光下跃起。
• The voyage home began, but not before an intruding aeroplane had repeatedly circled the ship.
  开始返航了，但是在这之前一架入侵的飞机曾反复在轮船上空盘旋。
• They circled the plane and were giving us the cut power sign.
  他们包围了飞机，要我们切断动力。
• The airship circled at sea.
  飞艇在海面打圈子。
• It is the day when the earth has circled the sun for one round and is beginning another circling.
  这一天，地球上空盘旋了一个围绕着太阳，并开始另一个上空盘旋。
• He circled over the aerodrome.
  他在小机场上空盘旋。
• The aeroplane circled quickly, dipped, and flew directly over us.
  那架飞机快速盘旋、急降，然后直接从我们的头上飞过。
• The plane circled over the airfield.
  飞机在机场上空绕圈。