circulate['sә:kjuleit]
汉语翻译
vt. (使)流通, (使)循环, (使)传播
vi. (使)流通, (使)循环, (使)传播
【机】 循环流环流
词型变化
名词:circulator 形容词:circulative 动词过去式:circulated 过去分词:circulated 现在分词:circulating 第三人称单数:circulates
词意辨析
spread, circulate, distribute, propagate这些动词均含“传播,散播”之意。
spread: 普通用词,使用广泛。指传播疾病、思想、文化、习惯或谣言等。
circulate: 既指某物在一物体内循环流动,又可指在一定范围内传播物品、刊物或思想、语言等。
distribute: 指把一定数量的东西分成若干等份进行分发。
propagate: 指宣传,尤其指官方为达到一定政治目的而进行的传播活动。
英语解释
动词 circulate:
- become widely known and passed on同义词:go around, spread
- cause to become widely known同义词:circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
- cause to be distributed同义词:pass around, pass on, distribute
- move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
- move in circles同义词:circle
- cause to move in a circuit or system
- move around freely
- cause to move around同义词:mobilize, mobilise
例句
- The news of her death circulated quickly.她死去的消息迅速传开。
- Blood circulates through the body.血液在体内循环。
- Please open a window to allow the air to circulate.打开窗子让空气流通。
详细解释
cir.cu.late
v.(动词)cir.cu.lat.ed,cir.cu.lat.ing,cir.cu.lates v.intr.(不及物动词)To move in or flow through a circle or circuit:循环:进入或沿环路流动:例句:blood circulating through the body.血液在身体内循环
To move around, as from person to person or place to place:巡回,穿梭:到处走,从人到人或从地区到地区:例句:a guest circulating at a party.在聚会上穿梭的客人
To move about or flow freely, as air.流动,流通:自由走动或流动,象空气一样To spread widely among persons or places; disseminate:散布,传播:在人们或地区之间广泛传播;散布:例句:Gossip tends to circulate quickly.流言传播迅速
v.tr.(及物动词)To cause to move about or be distributed:使分送,使散布:例句:Please circulate these fliers.请分送这些传单
来源:From Middle English circulat [continuously distilled] 源自 中古英语 circulat [继续蒸馏] from circul3tus [past participle of] circul3re [to make circular] 源自 circul3tus [] circul3re的过去分词 [散播] from circulus * see circle 源自 circulus *参见 circle
【引伸】
cir.cula.tive
cir.cula.tor
n.(名词)