单词 | circumscribe |
释义 | circumscribe v.tr.   1. (of a line etc.) enclose or outline.   2. lay down the limits of; confine, restrict.   3. Geom. draw (a figure) round another, touching it at points but not cutting it (cf. INSCRIBE). Derivatives circumscribable adj. circumscriber n. circumscription n. Etymology: L circumscribere (as CIRCUM-, scribere script- write) |
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