circulate
verbVerb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they circulate | |
| he / she / it circulates | |
| past simple circulated | |
| past participle circulated | |
| -ing form circulating |
- [intransitive, transitive]
when a liquid, gas or air circulates or is circulated, it moves continuously around a place or system （液体或气体）环流，循环 The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely. 这种病会阻碍血液的畅通循环。 - circulate something
Cooled air is circulated throughout the building. 冷气在整座大楼循环。
Extra ExamplesBlood circulates through the arteries and veins. 血液通过动脉和静脉循环。 The heart circulates blood around the body. 心脏使血液在体内循环。 sugar circulating in the bloodstream 在血液中循环的糖 The condition prevents blood from circulating freely. 这种病阻碍了血液的循环畅通。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- freely
- around
- round
- in
- …
- [intransitive, transitive]
if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another 传播；流传；散布 Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems. 有关他财务问题的谣言开始流传开来。 - circulate around something
There's a story circulating around the office that you are about to leave the company. 办公室里有传言说你要离开公司。 - circulate among somebody
newspapers circulating among minority communities 在少数民族社区发行的报纸 - circulate something
Who has been circulating these rumours? 谁一直在传播这些谣言？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- widely
- freely
- among
- around
- round
- …
- [transitive]
to send goods or information to all the people in a group 传送；传递；传阅 - circulate something
They circulated a petition for his release. 他们散发了一份要求释放他的请愿书。 The book was circulated widely in Russia. 这本书在俄罗斯广为流传。 - circulate something to somebody
The document will be circulated to all members. 这份文件将在所有成员间传阅。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- widely
- freely
- among
- around
- round
- …
- circulate something
- [intransitive]
to move around a group, especially at a party, talking to different people （尤指在聚会上）往来应酬，周旋
Word Originlate 15th cent. (as an alchemical term meaning ‘distil something in a closed container, allowing condensed vapour to return to the original liquid’): from Latin circulat- ‘moved in a circular path’, from the verb circulare, from circulus ‘small ring’, diminutive of circus ‘ring’.Sense (1) dates from the mid 17th cent.