| 单词 | circum- |
| 释义 | circum-a prefix with the meaning “round about, around,” found in Latin loanwords, especially derivatives of verbs that had the general senses “to encompass or surround” (circumference; circumjacent; circumstance) or “to go around” by the means or in the manner specified by the verb (circumnavigate; circumscribe); on this basis forming adjectives in English with the meaning “surrounding” that named by the stem (circumocular; circumpolar). Origin of circum-From Latin circum “around” (accusative of circus; see circus, circle), originally as an adverb fixed in relation to the verb, later construed as a prefix Words nearby circum-circulation, circulator, circulatory, circulatory system, circulus, circum-, circumambient, circumambulate, circumanal gland, circumbasal, circumbendibus Definition for circum- (2 of 2)circum. circumference. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for circum-circum- prefixaround; surrounding; on all sidescircumlocution; circumrotate Word Origin for circum-from Latin circum around, from circus circle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for circum-circum- pref.Around; about:circumduction. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for circum-circum- A prefix meaning around, as in circumscribe, to draw a figure around another figure. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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