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.

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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.

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