| 单词 | circumscription |
| 释义 | circumscription —circumscriptive, adj. —circumscriptively, adv. /serr'keuhm skrip"sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of circumscribing. 2. circumscribed state; limitation. 3. anything that circumscribes, surrounds, or encloses; boundary. 4. periphery; outline. 5. a circumscribed area. 6. a circular inscription on a coin, seal, etc. 7. limitation of a meaning; definition. [1375-1425; late ME < L circumscription- (s. of circumscriptio), equiv. to circumscript(us) (ptp. of circumscribere to CIRCUMSCRIBE; see CIRCUM-, SCRIPT) + -ion- -ION] |
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