circumnavigate

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cir·cum·nav·i·gate /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt $ ˌsɜːr-/ verb [transitive]  TTWto sail, fly, or travel completely around the Earth, an island etc 环绕〔地球、岛屿等〕航行 —circumnavigation /ˌsɜːkəmnævəˈɡeɪʃən $ ˌsɜːr-/ noun [countable, uncountable] circumnavigation of the world 环球航行→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

circumnavigate• Evans had taken Gwen's arm to help her circumnavigate a frozen puddle.• Ahead of me lay an historic mission: to circumnavigate London using hired transport, and return within 80 days.• Day 14 Regatta day circumnavigating Skorpios, finish line by Nidri quay.• We then circumnavigated the downtown Hoan Kiem lake.• Joshua Slocum, the first man to circumnavigate the globe alone, saw a phantom during his epic voyage.• Shortly after Columbus's epochal voyage, Magellan circumnavigated the globe.• Some 40,000 miles of seamounts circumnavigate the globe.• They are the charts of a new frontier, modern-day versions of the maps made before ships circumnavigated the globe.

cir·cum·nav·i·gate verbChineseSyllable  

fly, to around Corpus travel or sail, completely

circumnavigate
cir‧cum‧nav‧i‧gate /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævəɡeɪt, ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt $ ˌsɜːr-/ verb [transitive]
to sail, fly, or travel completely around the Earth, an island etc
—circumnavigation /ˌsɜːkəmnævəˈɡeɪʃən, ˌsɜːkəmnævɪˈɡeɪʃən $ ˌsɜːr-/ noun [uncountable and countable]:
    circumnavigation of the world

cir·cum·navi·gateBrE /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they circumnavigate BrE /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˈnævɪɡeɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it circumnavigates BrE /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˈnævɪɡeɪts/ 🔊past simple circumnavigated BrE /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˈnævɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle circumnavigated BrE /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˈnævɪɡeɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form circumnavigating BrE /ˌsɜːkəmˈnævɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˈnævɪɡeɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (formal) to sail all the way around sth, especially all the way around the world 环绕…航行；（尤指）环绕地球航行▸ cir·cum·navi·ga·tion BrE /ˌsɜːkəmˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /ˌsɜːrkəmˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]