circulate
verb /ˈsɜːkjəleɪt/
/ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they circulate | /ˈsɜːkjəleɪt/ /ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt/ |
| he / she / it circulates | /ˈsɜːkjəleɪts/ /ˈsɜːrkjəleɪts/ |
| past simple circulated | /ˈsɜːkjəleɪtɪd/ /ˈsɜːrkjəleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle circulated | /ˈsɜːkjəleɪtɪd/ /ˈsɜːrkjəleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form circulating | /ˈsɜːkjəleɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsɜːrkjəleɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] when a liquid, gas or air circulates or is circulated, it moves continuously around a place or system
（液体或气体）环流，循环 - The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely.
这种病会阻碍血液的畅通循环。 - circulate something Cooled air is circulated throughout the building.
冷气在整座大楼循环。
- Blood circulates through the arteries and veins.
血液通过动脉和静脉循环。 - The heart circulates blood around the body.
心脏使血液在体内循环。 - sugar circulating in the bloodstream
在血液中循环的糖 - The condition prevents blood from circulating freely.
这种病阻碍了血液的循环畅通。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- freely
- around
- round
- in
- …
- The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely.
- [intransitive, transitive] if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another
传播；流传；散布 - Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
有关他财务问题的谣言开始流传开来。 - circulate around something There's a story circulating around the office that you are about to leave the company.
办公室里有传言说你要离开公司。 - circulate among somebody newspapers circulating among minority communities
在少数民族社区发行的报纸 - circulate something Who has been circulating these rumours?
谁一直在传播这些谣言？
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- widely
- freely
- among
- around
- round
- …
- Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
- [transitive] to send goods or information to all the people in a group
传送；传递；传阅 - circulate something They circulated a petition for his release.
他们散发了一份要求释放他的请愿书。 - The book was circulated widely in Russia.
这本书在俄罗斯广为流传。 - circulate something to somebody The document will be circulated to all members.
这份文件将在所有成员间传阅。
Collocations Dictionaryadverb- widely
- freely
- among
- around
- round
- …
- circulate something They circulated a petition for his release.
- [intransitive] to move around a group, especially at a party, talking to different people
（尤指在聚会上）往来应酬，周旋
词源late 15th cent. (as an alchemical term meaning ‘distil something in a closed container, allowing condensed vapour to return to the original liquid’): from Latin circulat- ‘moved in a circular path’, from the verb circulare, from circulus ‘small ring’, diminutive of circus ‘ring’.Sense (1) dates from the mid 17th cent.