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单词 -cycle-
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
cy•cle /ˈsaɪkəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -cled, -cling. 
n. [countable]
  1. any complete round or repeating series of events:the cycle of the four seasons.
  2. a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events repeat themselves:a cycle of no more than 50 seconds.
  3. Transporta bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, or the like.
  4. Literature, Music and Dancea group of poems, songs, etc., about a central theme or figure:the Arthurian cycle.

v. [no object]
  1. to ride or travel by bicycle, motorcycle, or the like:They cycled into town for groceries.
See -cycle-.
-cycle-, root. 
    1. -cycle- comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "cycle;
      circle;
      wheel.'' This meaning is found in such words as: bicycle, cycle, cyclo, cyclone, cyclotron, recycle, tricycle.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
cy•cle  (sīkəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -cled, -cling. 
n. 
  1. any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
  2. a round of years or a recurring period of time, esp. one in which certain events or phenomena repeat themselves in the same order and at the same intervals.
  3. any long period of years;
    age.
  4. Transporta bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
  5. Literaturea group of poems, dramas, prose narratives, songs etc., about a central theme, figure, or the like:the Arthurian cycle.
  6. Physics
    • a sequence of changing states that, upon completion, produces a final state identical to the original one.
    • one of a succession of periodically recurring events.
    • a complete alteration in which a phenomenon attains a maximum and minimum value, returning to a final value equal to the original one.
  7. Mathematicsa permutation of a set of elements that leaves the original cyclic order of the elements unchanged.
  8. Computing
    • the smallest interval of time required to complete an operation in a computer.
    • a series of computer operations repeated as a unit.
  9. Idioms, Sport hit for the cycle, [Baseball.](of one player) to hit a single, double, triple, and home run in one game.

v.i. 
  1. to ride or travel by bicycle, motorcycle, tricycle, etc.
  2. to move or revolve in cycles;
    pass through cycles.
  • Greek kýklos cycle, circle, wheel, ring, disk, orb; see wheel
  • Late Latin cyclus
  • Middle English cicle 1350–1400

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