circuit
n
1 line, route or journey round a place 圍繞一地方的線、 路線或旅程; 周線; 圈
The circuit of the city walls is three miles. 環(huán)繞本市城墻的周長是三英里.
The earth takes a year to make a circuit of (ie go round) the sun. 地球繞太陽一周需要一年時間.
She ran four circuits of the track. 她在跑道上跑了四圈.
2
(a) complete path along which an electric current flows 電路
There must be a break in the circuit. 電路中一定有斷路.
(b) apparatus with a sequence of conductors, valves, etc, through which an electric current flows 電器裝置
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a circuit diagram, ie one showing the connections in such an apparatus 電路圖.
3
(a) regular journey made by a judge round a particular area to hear cases in court 巡回審判(法官定期巡回某地區(qū))
go on circuit, ie make this journey 進行巡回審判
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a circuit judge 巡回法官.
(b) area covered by such a journey 巡回審判地區(qū).
4 (in sport) series of tournaments in which the same players regularly take part 聯(lián)賽
the American golf circuit 美國高爾夫球聯(lián)賽.
5 group of Methodist churches sharing the same preachers within a particular area (在某地區(qū)有同一批傳教士的)衛(wèi)理公會組織.