circumference
英[s?'k?mf(?)r(?)ns]
美[s?'k?mf?r?ns]
- n. 圓周；周長；胸圍
詞態變化
復數:?circumferences;
中文詞源
circumference 周長
circum-,圈，周圍，-fer,帶，攜，詞源同bring,conference.
英文詞源
- circumference (n.)
- late 14c., from Latin circumferentia, neuter plural of circumferens, present participle of circumferre "to lead around, take around, carry around," from circum "around" (see circum-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer). A loan-translation of Greek periphereia "periphery, the line round a circular body," literally "a carrying round" (see periphery). Related: Circumferential.
雙語例句
- 1. the circumference of the earth
- 地球的周長
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. It's a mile round the circumference of the field.
- 運動場周長一英里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The diameter and the circumference of a circle correlate.
- 圓的直徑與圓周有相互關系.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The lake is thirty li in circumference.
- 這湖周圍長30里.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The lake has a circumference of 800 li.
- 那個湖方圓800里.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》