circumnavigate

C2 大学

vt. 环绕航行

发音

UK /ˌsə.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
US /ˌsɝ.kəmˈnæv.ɪ.ɡeɪt/
AU

词形变化

circumnavigated circumnavigates 三单 circumnavigates circumnavigating circumnavigating 现在分词 circumnavigated 过去式 circumnavigated 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

环航

释义与例句

v. C2
  1. 1.

    To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail.

    及物

    We circumnavigated the Mediterranean.

  2. 2.

    To circumvent or bypass.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To sail around the world.

    不及物 航海 交通

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

compass

上位词 1

circle

词源

Borrowed from Latin circumnāvigātus, perfect passive participle of circumnāvigō (“sail round something, circumnavigate”), from circum (“about, around”) + nāvigō (“sail, navigate”), from nāvis (“ship”) + agō (“do”). By surface analysis, circum- + navigate.

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