Cycle
['saɪk(ə)l] or ['saɪkl]
解释:
(noun.) a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon; 'a year constitutes a cycle of the seasons'.
(noun.) a periodically repeated sequence of events; 'a cycle of reprisal and retaliation'.
(noun.) a series of poems or songs on the same theme; 'Schubert's song cycles'.
(noun.) an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs; 'the never-ending cycle of the seasons'.
(verb.) recur in repeating sequences.
(verb.) pass through a cycle; 'This machine automatically cycles'.
(verb.) cause to go through a recurring sequence; 'cycle the laundry in this washing program'.
校对:莎娜--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.
(n.) An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cycle of the seasons, or of the year.
(n.) An age; a long period of time.
(n.) An orderly list for a given time; a calendar.
(n.) The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have served as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend of Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.
(n.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves.
(n.) A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede.
(v. i.) To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles.
(v. i.) To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.
桃乐茜编辑
同义词及近义词：
n. Period, circle of time, revolution of time, round of years.
编辑:尼特
解释:
n. a period of time in which events happen in a certain order and which constantly repeats itself: an imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens: a series of poems prose romances &c. centring round a figure or event—also Cy′clus: an abbreviation for bicycle and tricycle.—v.i. to move in cycles: to ride or take exercise on a bicycle or tricycle.—adjs. Cy′clic -al pertaining to or containing a cycle.—ns. Cy′clist for bicyclist or tricyclist; Cy′clograph an instrument for describing the arcs of circles that have too large a curvature for compasses; Cy′cloid a figure like a circle: a curve made by a point in a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line.—adj. Cycloid′al.—ns. Cycloid′ian one of the fourth order of fishes according to the classification of Agassiz having cycloid scales with smooth edges as the salmon; Cyclom′eter an instrument for measuring circular arcs: an apparatus attached to the wheel of a cycle for registering the distance traversed; Cy′clorn a cycle-horn.
埃德加整理
例句:
- The exhaust valve is then closed, the inlet valve opened, and another cycle of four strokes begins. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The early plants were tied, and most lowly plants to-day are tied, by the conditions of their life cycle, to water. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In the 4-cycle type of gas engines (Fig. 130)--the kind used in automobiles--the four strokes are as follows: 1. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- There seems to have been as little reason in the foreign policy that now plunged Europe into a fresh cycle of wars. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- But from the phases of the moon, as his tillage increased, man's attitude would go on to the greater cycle of the seasons. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Have mercy, O Master of the Tenth Cycle! 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- The reptile is on all fours with the seeding plant in its freedom from the necessity to pass any stage of its life cycle in water. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- Since this work was included, almost every sort of personal property, from key-rings to motor-cycles has been found and restored to the rightful owners. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Hitherto, all motor-propelled cycles had used the power of the engine of whatever form it was merely as an aid to locomotion. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- So the years pass, and repeat each other; so the same events revolve in the cycles of time. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- I remained in my hiding-place, and it was well that I did so, for presently the man reappeared, cycling slowly back. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- It furnishes not only an elastic bearing which cushions the jar, but also makes a broader tread that renders cycling on the soft roads of the country at once practical and delightful. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
手打:洛雷塔