circumference
美音:
[sə´kʌmfrəns
]英音:
[sə´kʌmfrəns
]n.圆周,周围
难易程度:
circumference为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:circumferential
词根
circum-=around,round about 变化型 circu-
近义词, 同义词
circumference
/sə'kʌmfərəns; sɚ`kʌmfərəns/
n
(a) line that marks out a circle or other curved figure1(2b) 周线; 周缘; 圆周. =>App
5 见附录5.
(b) distance round this 周长
*The circumference of the earth is almost
25000 miles/The earth is almost
25000 miles in circumference. 地球的圆周长约为25000. =>illus at circle 见circle之插图. Cf 参看 perimeter.
circumference
n[
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Old French;Origin:Latin circumferentia, from circumferre
'to carry around', from circum- (
CIRCUM-) + ferre
'to carry']
[C usually singular, U]the distance or measurement around the outside of a circle or any round shape
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diameter, perimeter
perimeter, radius
radiuscircumference of the circumference of the Earthin circumference The island is only nine miles in circumference.
1. This tree has a circumference of 6 feet. 这棵树周长六英尺。
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