circling

英 [ˈsɜːklɪŋ] 美 [ˈsɜːrklɪŋ]

v.  (尤指在空中)盘旋，环行，转圈; 围绕…画圈; 圈出; 圈起
circle的现在分词

现在分词：circling

医学

BNC.38754 / COCA.29807

柯林斯词典

  1. N-COUNT 圆;圆形;圆圈
    A circle is 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。
  2. N-COUNT 圆形物;圆片;圆块
    A circle of something 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
  3. N-COUNT 一圈（物体或人）
    A circle of objects 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。
  4. VERB 包围;围绕;环绕
    If something circles an object or a place, or circles around it, 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
  5. VERB (在上空)盘旋，绕圈子
    If an aircraft or a bird circles or circles something, 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
  6. VERB 围绕…移动;绕着…转圈
    To circle around someone or something, or to circle them, 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。
  7. VERB 在…上画圈;将…圈起来
    If you circle something 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。
  8. 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 a circle when 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。
  9. (剧院、影院的)楼厅包厢
    In a theatre or cinema, the circle is an area of seats on the upper floor.
    1. See also: Arctic Circle dress circle inner circle vicious circle virtuous circle
    2. PHRASE 兜了一圈回到原地;循环
      If you say that you have come full circle or have 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。
    3. 在原地兜圈子;原地踏步;毫无进展
      If you say that someone is going round in circles or around in circles, you mean that they are not achieving anything because they keep coming back to the same point or problem.
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      双语例句

      1. There were two helicopters circling around.
        有两架直升机在空中盘旋。
      2. Emily kept circling around her mother
        埃米莉围着她妈妈转个不停。
      3. These hawks are magnificent in flight, soaring and circling for long periods
        这些鹰飞行能力极其出色，可以长时间在空中翱翔和盘旋。
      4. The airplane is circling overhead.
        飞机在上空回旋。
      5. A number of birds are circling overhead.
        很多鸟在头顶上空盘旋。
      6. A number of planes were circling overhead.
        数架飞机在上空盘旋。
      7. 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。
      8. We thoughtit was out of the room but when I was talking I noticed it circling around the president.
        之后，我认为苍蝇飞走，但是当我正在谈话的时候，我注意到苍蝇正在总统身边盘旋。
      9. The vultures were already circling around the dead animal.
        兀鹰已经在绕着动物的尸体盘旋了。
      10. For satellites circling the earth, the law of areas is also imperfect.
        对于环绕地球运动的卫星来说，面积定律也是不完善的。
      11. This girl is circling like a vulture.
        这孩子像个秃鹰似的在盘旋。
      12. In other words, it is a fossilized history, with melodious music, circling around people's memories.
        在某种程度上，它就是凝固了的历史，和着悠扬的音乐，回旋在人们的记忆里；
      13. Now the old man looked up and saw that the bird was circling again.
        老人此刻抬眼望去，看见那只鸟儿又在盘旋了。
      14. China is no longer immune from the sickness circling so many other countries in the world.
        中国对蔓延全球许多其它国家的疾病不再免疫了。
      15. After a while the fish stopped beating at the wire and started circling slowly again.
        过了片刻，鱼不再撞击铁丝，又慢慢地打起转来。
      16. Vultures circling over a dead animal.
        在死的动物上空盘旋的秃鹫。
      17. A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at ever-greater distances from it.
        一个点围绕一个中心旋转但距中心的距离永远变大而形成的一个平面曲线。
      18. A reconnaissance plane was circling over the enemy's position.
        一架侦察机正在敌人阵地上空盘旋。
      19. Sea gulls circling above the ocean.
        海鸥在大海上盘旋。
      20. After Yang Liwei succeeded in circling the earth, what our astronauts desire to do is walk in space.
        杨利伟成功绕地球飞行后，我们的宇航员们渴望做太空行走。
      21. They saw the birds were circling again.
        他们看见鸟儿又在盘旋。
      22. Jackdaws are incessantly circling round its golden crosses.
        有些寒鸦绕着教堂上的金色十字架不停地盘旋。
      23. Look! A pigeon is circling over us!
        看！一只鸽子在我们上空盘旋。
      24. So let's just say I'm still circling the airport.
        我们这样说吧，我还盘旋在机场上方。
      25. Life could not exist on a planet circling such a dead star.
        围绕这样一颗无生命的恒星运行的行星上不可能有生命存在。
      26. The bird settled on a tree on a nearby hill after circling twice around the pylons.
        它围绕电塔飞了两周，然后停在小山的一棵树上。
      27. Just then he saw a man-of-war bird with his long black wings circling in the sky ahead of him.
        就在这时，他看见一只长翅膀的黑色军舰鸟在他前方的天空中盘旋飞翔。
      28. Heating device: Electric heater unit and hot air circling type to dehumidification.
        加热装置：电加热装置和热风循环进行除湿。
      29. Just look at all the free reports I have circling around the net in the column to the right.
        只看所有免费的报告我已盘旋左右的净在栏位的权利。
      30. We are only circling within a finite time and space, wandering along a tortuous path.
        我们只是回旋在受局限的时空里，只是徘徊在曲折的小路上。
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