circling
盘旋而上,盘旋,盘旋的,盘绕
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Definitions
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- : a closed plane curve consisting of all points at a given distance from a point within it called the center. Equation: x2 + y2 = r2.
- : the portion of a plane bounded by such a curve.
- : any circular or ringlike object, formation, or arrangement: a circle of dancers.
- : a ring, circlet, or crown.
- : the ring of a circus.
- : a section of seats in a theater: dress circle.
- : the area within which something acts, exerts influence, etc.; realm; sphere: A politician has a wide circle of influence.
- : a series ending where it began, especially when perpetually repeated; cycle: the circle of the year.
- : Logic. an argument ostensibly proving a conclusion but actually assuming the conclusion or its equivalent as a premise; vicious circle.
- : a complete series forming a connected whole; cycle: the circle of the sciences.
- : a number of persons bound by a common tie; coterie: a literary circle; a family circle.
- : Government. an administrative division, especially of a province.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Instead of passing the sauce around in a circle, you pass it randomly to the person seated directly to your left or to your right.
If I could have broken into the circle, I think Obama and I would have been friends.
These circles don’t intersect, making it impossible to locate the third vertex of the triangle.
Maybe it’s particles moving around, maybe it’s planets in the solar system, maybe it’s as simple as something rotating on a circle.
Says freedom of speech is “falling out of favor in some circles.”
The whir of the circling NYPD helicopter muffled their chants calling for unity and calling out police brutality.
Few questions, no matter how fun and silly, go by without circling back to their accomplishments or future projects.
They envisioned warriors lost in battle, and women who died in childbirth, as honored spirits, circling the sun like hummingbirds.
Once label execs heard “Hideaway,” they began circling it like hawks.
Having sufficiently wet ourselves, we viewers are left with a chilling, black-and-white image of blood circling the shower drain.
In his mind Findlayson had already escaped from the boat, and was circling high in air to find a rest for the sole of his foot.
With a flap of his great, black wings he shot downward, circling toward the plain.