Circumference
[sə'kʌmf(ə)r(ə)ns] or [sɚ'kʌmfərəns]
解释:
(noun.) the size of something as given by the distance around it.
(noun.) the length of the closed curve of a circle.
(noun.) the boundary line encompassing an area or object; 'he had walked the full circumference of his land'; 'a danger to all races over the whole circumference of the globe'.
伊莱录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery.
(n.) A circle; anything circular.
(n.) The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.
(v. t.) To include in a circular space; to bound.
整理:弗娜
同义词及近义词：
n. Periphery.
手打:玛里琳
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Periphery, enclosure, circuit, outline, boundary
ANT:Diameter, crossing, bisection, transection, transversion
编辑:塔比瑟
解释:
n. the boundary-line of any round body esp. of a circle: the line surrounding anything: area: compass: distance round.—adj. Circumferen′tial—n. Circumferent′or an instrument used by surveyors and miners for measuring horizontal angles consisting of a graduated circle an index and a magnetic needle suspended over the centre of a circle—now superseded by the Theodolite.
哈蒂编辑
例句:
- Closing tarred Russian hemp cable, 15-3/4 inch circumference, for Argentine Battleship Rivadavia. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- These are of irregular cylindrical form, depending on the form of the tusk’s circumference. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Another Platonist made the first measurement of the earth's circumference. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
- They would not measure round the waist more than so much--describing to me the circumference with his hands. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- The indicator was composed of several wheels; on the circumference of each wheel were the numerals; and one wheel had fractions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- He took a tract of land sixty miles in circumference and set to work to make this park and build this palace and a road to it from Paris. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- As the tusk grows in length on the living elephant it also expands; but the cells grow larger and less compact as the tusk expands in circumference. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- On the circumference of the barrel are gear teeth, and those teeth engage corresponding teeth on the arbor of the center. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- The field magnets in the multipolar machine usually are arranged in radial position around the entire circumference of the revolving armature, and are held in a fixed circular frame. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Therefore, when the balls are turned, the circumference around the belly is made greater than around the nerve ends, to allow for the shrinkage in the former. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- These trees, including both species, range in height from 100 to 400 feet and in circumference from 15 to 90 feet. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- When the large wheel makes one revolution, _P_ falls a distance equal to the circumference of the wheel. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Its diameter was 270 feet and its circumference 825 feet. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- It looks as if it might be roofed, from centre to circumference, with inverted saucers. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- This little round table with the marble top (it's two feet ten in circumference), I bought. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
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