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a bicycle or motorcycle 自行车；摩托车 
He was riding his cycle home when he was hit by a lorry. 他正骑着自行车回家，突然被一辆卡车撞了。 We went for a cycle ride on Sunday. 我们星期天骑自行车去兜风了。 - on a cycle
Lots of people arrived in cars or on cycles. 许多人乘车或骑自行车到达。 - by cycle
They completed their journey by cycle. 他们骑自行车完成了旅程。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- motor
- pedal
- ride
- ride
- helmet
- lane
- …
- cycle (of something)
the fact of a series of events being repeated many times, always in the same order 循环 Every business goes through cycles. 每项业务都会经历周期。 - cycle of something
the cycle of the seasons 四季的循环 The argument is that reprisals simply perpetuate the cycle of violence. 理由是报复只会延续暴力循环。 They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and misery. 他们无法打破歉收、粮食短缺、价格上涨和苦难的循环。 - in a cycle
Front runners generally establish themselves early in the election cycle. 领先者通常会在选举周期的早期确立自己的地位。 The percentage of companies being downgraded was typical for this point in the economic cycle. 在经济周期的这一点上，被降级的公司比例是典型的。 different phases of the cell cycle 细胞周期的不同阶段
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Biologyb1Life is a natural cycle, just like the changing seasons. 生命是自然的循环，就像四季更迭一样。 Male and female adults mate, the female lays eggs, and the cycle begins all over again. 成年雄性和雌性交配，雌性产卵，周而复始。 The European market is simply going through an economic cycle. 欧洲市场不过是正在经历一个经济周期。 The number of young produced per breeding cycle varies from species to species. 单个生育周期所产的幼崽数量因物种不同而有所不同。 This cycle of events continually repeats itself. 这些事件循环往复，周而复始。 To complete the cycle, oxygen is necessary. 氧气对于完成循环是必需的。 a diagram of the water cycle 水文循环示意图 at this point in the cycle 在循环周期中的这一点 caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting 陷入暴饮暴食和节食的恶性循环中 part of the cycle of birth and death 生死循环中的部份 the 76-year solar cycle 76 年的太阳周期 the annual cycle of church festivals 每年教会的节日周期 women with irregular menstrual cycles 月经不规律的妇女
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- daily
- monthly
- …
- follow
- go through
- complete
- …
- begin again
- continue
- repeat (itself)
- …
- length
- time
- in a/the cycle
- per cycle
- a cycle of abuse, poverty, violence, etc.
- part of the cycle (of something)
a complete set or series, for example of movements in a machine 整套，整个系列（如机器的运转） eight cycles per second 每秒转动八次 the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine) （洗衣机的）漂洗运转过程
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- daily
- monthly
- …
- follow
- go through
- complete
- …
- begin again
- continue
- repeat (itself)
- …
- length
- time
- in a/the cycle
- per cycle
- a cycle of abuse, poverty, violence, etc.
- part of the cycle (of something)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.