cirque

FREQ #28076

n. 圆形场地, 圆环, 环形排列

发音

UK /sɜːk/
其它
US /sɝk/

词形变化

cirques 复数 cirques

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Roman circus.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A curved depression or natural amphitheatre, especially one in a mountainside at the end of a valley.

    冰斗

    地质
  3. 3.

    Something in the shape of a circle or ring.

    过时 文学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

corrie cwm

上位词 1

basin

词源

Borrowed from French cirque (“circular arena; cirque”), from Latin circus (“circle, ring”), from Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos, “circle, ring; racecourse, circus”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend; to turn”). Doublet of circus.

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