circumnavigation
/sur-kuhm-nav-i-geyt/US // ˌsɜr kəmˈnæv ɪˌgeɪt //UK // (ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪˌɡeɪt) //
环球航行,环岛航行,环游,环行
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v.有主动词 verb
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cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ed, cir·cum·nav·i·gat·ing.
- : to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
- : to go or maneuver around: to circumnavigate the heavy downtown traffic.
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The intense heat of some infernos can propel this soot and ash to altitudes so high that it can circumnavigate the globe.
The pretended circumnavigation of Africa by Eudoxus is referred to, as well as some geographical errors of Polybius.
The haphazard general management is well illustrated by the only brilliant achievement of the war—the Anson circumnavigation.
By the union of these two parties, the circumnavigation of Lake Michigan had been completely made.
The expedition now began to move westward in its slow circumnavigation of the lake, and came at length to Muiwanda.
This was the first circumnavigation of the globe and demonstrated the grandeur of the discovery made by Columbus.
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