circuit
英 ['s??k?t]
美['s?k?t]
- n. [電子] 電路，回路；巡回；一圈；環道
- vi. 環行
- vt. 繞回…環行
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詞態變化
復數:?circuits;
中文詞源
circuit 電路
circle,圈，-it,走，詞源同ion,exit,itinerary.
英文詞源
- circuit (n.)
- late 14c., "a going around; a line going around," from Old French circuit (14c.) "a circuit; a journey (around something)," from Latin circuitus "a going around," from stem of circuire, circumire "go around," from circum "round" (see circum-) + ire "to go" (see ion). Electrical sense is from 1746. Of judicial assignments, from 1570s; of venues for itinerant entertainers, from 1834. Circuit breaker is recorded from 1874. Related: Circuital.
- circuit (v.)
- "to go around," early 15c., from circuit (n.). Related: Circuited; circuiting.
雙語例句
- 1. He was just starting to become known on the cabaret circuit.
- 他在卡巴萊歌舞表演圈中剛剛開始有點名氣。
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- 2. There is an internal circuit breaker to protect the instrument from overload.
- 內置有斷路器，防止設備過載。
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- 3. There's a closed-circuit television camera in the reception area.
- 接待處有一個閉路電視攝像頭。
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- 4. The approach was intended to short-circuit normal complaints procedures.
- 這種方法旨在避開正常的投訴程序。
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- 5. The fire was started by an electrical short-circuit.
- 火災是由電線短路引發的。
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