circumference

英 [sə'kʌmf(ə)r(ə)ns]美 [sɚ'kʌmfərəns]
  • n. 圆周；周长；胸围
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中文词源

circumference 周长

circum-,圈，周围，-fer,带，携，词源同bring,conference.

英文词源

circumference (n.)
late 14c., from Latin circumferentia, neuter plural of circumferens, present participle of circumferre "to lead around, take around, carry around," from circum "around" (see circum-) + ferre "to carry" (see infer). A loan-translation of Greek periphereia "periphery, the line round a circular body," literally "a carrying round" (see periphery). Related: Circumferential.

双语例句

1. the circumference of the earth
地球的周长
来自《权威词典》
2. It's a mile round the circumference of the field.
运动场周长一英里.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. The diameter and the circumference of a circle correlate.
圆的直径与圆周有相互关系.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
4. The lake is thirty li in circumference.
这湖周围长30里.
来自《简明英汉词典》
5. The lake has a circumference of 800 li.
那个湖方圆800里.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》