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单词 cycle
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cyclenoun

uk/ˈsaɪ.kəl/us/ˈsaɪ.kəl/

cycle noun (BICYCLE)

B2 UK [ C ] a bicycle

Examples

  • A thousand people took part in the region's biggest-ever cycle race.
  • Cycles cannot be taken on this train.
  • Secure locking for cycles is available here.
  • We're looking for a cycle hire shop.

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Bicycles

  • bicycle
  • brake pad
  • cycle rickshaw
  • cyclist
  • derailleur
  • dirt bike
  • freewheel
  • handlebars
  • mountain bike
  • mudguard
  • off-road
  • pedal
  • pedal power
  • penny-farthing
  • racer
  • reflector
  • spoke
  • stabilizer
  • trike
  • unicycle

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cycle noun (SERIES)

B2 [ C ] a group of events that happen in a particular order, one following the other, and are often repeated:

the life cycle of a moth

[ C ] one in a series of movements that a machine performs:

the washing machine's spin cycle

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Order and sequence - general words

  • alphabetize
  • back end
  • back end
  • be a chapter of accidents idiom
  • catalogue
  • litany
  • merry-go-round
  • next
  • nth
  • penultimate
  • run
  • running
  • second 1
  • sequential
  • series
  • succession
  • thirdly
  • timeline
  • train
  • vice versa

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cycle noun (LITERATURE/MUSIC)

[ C, + sing/pl verb ] a group of plays, poems, songs, etc. written by one person and connected with each other by dealing with the same characters or ideas:

It's one in a cycle of plays that are being performed on successive evenings.

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Types of film, play, book etc.

  • adaptation
  • anime
  • blockbuster
  • epigram
  • epistle
  • film noir
  • hagiography
  • hokum
  • indie
  • lampoon
  • mystery
  • pastiche
  • pastoral
  • prose
  • saga
  • satire
  • slow
  • the big screen 1
  • thriller
  • vignette

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cycleverb [ I ]

uk/ˈsaɪ.kəl/us/ˈsaɪ.kəl/

B1 to ride a bicycle

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Bicycles

  • bicycle
  • brake pad
  • cycle rickshaw
  • cyclist
  • derailleur
  • dirt bike
  • freewheel
  • handlebars
  • mountain bike
  • mudguard
  • off-road
  • pedal
  • pedal power
  • penny-farthing
  • racer
  • reflector
  • spoke
  • stabilizer
  • trike
  • unicycle

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cycling
noun [ U ] uk/ˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/us/ˈsaɪ.klɪŋ/

A2 mainly UK

We did a lot of cycling in France last year.

cyclenoun [ C ]

uk/ˈsaɪkl/us

a group of events that happen in a particular order, one following the other, and often repeated:

Interest rates tend to move in cycles.
Spending quickly becomes a vicious cycle - the more you have the more you spend.

ECONOMICS a pattern of successful periods followed by less successful periods that often happens in an industry, a market, a business, etc.:

Normally, the business has cycles, and every 10 years it peaks.
If you sell goods in a seasonal industry, then cycles of consumer demand are an important dimension of your environment.
boom-and-bust/market cycles Security prices tend to move up and down over various market cycles and logic says to invest when prices are low.
The company's markets had passed the bottom of the cycle and were slowly growing again.

ECONOMICS a single successful period, period of failure, etc. that is part of a regular series:

a boom/down cycle The country is still in a boom cycle.
The market is still in its growth cycle.
a cycle of debt/poverty The Credit Union tries to wean borrowers off the cycle of debt by offering financial counseling and payment plans.

a regular period of time during which an activity, job, etc. is done:

a two-year/3-month/annual, etc. cycle
a budget/planning/sales cycle
product/product-development cycles They work to shorten product-development cycles and to boost manufacturing productivity.

See also

the accounting cycle
billing cycle
business cycle
family life cycle
job cycle
Kondratieff cycle
life cycle
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