circulate
circulate
verb
circulative
adjective
circulator
noun
语源
verb
- move or cause to move continuously or freely through a closed system or area
（使）循环，（使）环流
[no obj.]antibodies circulate in the bloodstream.
抗体在血流中循环。
[with obj.]the fan circulates hot air around the oven.
风扇鼓动热空气在炉子周围流通。
■[no obj.]move around a social function in order to talk to many different people
在社交场合四处走动（以便与众人交谈） - pass or cause to pass from place to place or person to person
（在人与人或地点与地点之间）（使）流通
[no obj.]rumours of his arrest circulated.
他被捕的谣言四处传播。
[with obj.]they were circulating the list to conservation groups.
他们将名单在几个野生动物保护组织中传看。
■[with obj.](常作 be circulated)send copies of a letter or leaflet to (a group of people)
给（一组人）散发（信函，传单）
tutors were circulated with the handout.
导师随散发的材料一起分配到各个小组。
circulative
adjective
circulator
noun
语源
- 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' (see circle). Sense 1 dates from the mid 17th cent
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