circuit
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++cir·cuit /ˈsɜːkɪt $ ˈsɜːr-/ ●●○ W3 noun [countable] 1 AROUND/ROUNDROAD/PATHa path that forms a circle around an area, or a journey along this path 环形道路；环行 We did a circuit of the old city. 我们绕着老城走了一圈。2. British EnglishDSO a track that cars, motorbikes etc race around 赛车道3 the tennis/lecture/cabaret etc circuit USUALLYall the places that are usually visited by someone who plays tennis etc 网球巡回赛/巡回演讲/卡巴莱歌舞巡回表演等 a well-known entertainer on the club circuit 到夜总会作巡回表演的一位著名艺人4 TEEthe complete circle that an electric current travels 电路，线路 an electrical circuit 电路5 a regular trip around an area made by a judge or a religious leader, so that a court of law or church can meet in several different places 〔法官或宗教领袖的〕巡回 a circuit judge 巡回法官 a circuit preacher 巡回传道者6. do circuits DS British English informal to do circuit training 循环训练 → closed circuit television, printed circuit, short circuit
Examples from the Corpus
circuit• Gund did a circuit around the ice rink.• Even when the installation has been undertaken by an expert, the inclusion of a circuit breaker is a wise precaution.• It therefore reproduces the linear small-signal response of any four-terminal network and is appropriately referred to as the Z-parameter equivalent circuit.• The checking procedure is something that can be achieved much more rapidly than finding the Hamiltonian circuit in the first place.• It searched its memories, and the logic circuits made their decisions, according to the orders given them long ago.• He intends to push the record to over 9000 miles by walking another 2000 miles to complete the circuit.• I have done the circuit many times before, but always with sitting in the co-pilots seat.Origin circuit (1300-1400) Old French circuite, from Latin circuitus, past participle of circumire, circuire “to go around”, from circum (CIRCUM-) + ire “to go”cir·cuit nounChineseSyllable
path circle forms or Corpus a a an area, that around
circuit
cir‧cuit W3 /ˈsɜːkət, ˈsɜːkɪt $ ˈsɜːr-/
noun [countable]
We did a circuit of the old city.
2. British English a track that cars, motorbikes etc race around
3. the tennis/lecture/cabaret etc circuit all the places that are usually visited by someone who plays tennis etc:
a well-known entertainer on the club circuit
4. the complete circle that an electric current travels:
an electrical circuit
5. a regular trip around an area made by a judge or a religious leader, so that a court of law or church can meet in several different places:
a circuit judge
a circuit preacher
6. do circuits British English informal to do circuit training
⇨ closed circuit television, printed circuit, short circuit
cir‧cuit W3 /ˈsɜːkət, ˈsɜːkɪt $ ˈsɜːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: circuite, from Latin circuitus, past participle of circumire, circuire 'to go around', from circum (CIRCUM-) + ire 'to go'
1. a path that forms a circle around an area, or a journey along this path:Language: Old French
Origin: circuite, from Latin circuitus, past participle of circumire, circuire 'to go around', from circum (CIRCUM-) + ire 'to go'
2. British English a track that cars, motorbikes etc race around
3. the tennis/lecture/cabaret etc circuit all the places that are usually visited by someone who plays tennis etc:
4. the complete circle that an electric current travels:
5. a regular trip around an area made by a judge or a religious leader, so that a court of law or church can meet in several different places:
6. do circuits British English informal to do circuit training
⇨ closed circuit television, printed circuit, short circuit