circulate [UK]/'sɜ:.kjʊ.leɪt/ [US]/'sɝ:-/ verb [I or T] * to move around or through something, or to make something move around or through something (使)循环;(使)流通;(使)传递;(使)散布
1. Hot water circulates through the heating system. 热水在供暖系统中循环。
2. I try to circulate (= move around and talk to a lot of people) at a party and not just stay with the friends I came with. 聚会上我尽量来回周旋广交朋友,而不仅仅只和跟我一道来的朋友呆在一起。
3. I've circulated a good luck card for everyone to sign. 我拿了一张好运卡传着让每个人都签名。
柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - circulate
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1.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词(文章等)传递,传阅,散发 If a piece of writing circulates or is circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
【语法信息】:be V-ed
【语法信息】:V n
【语法信息】:V
The document was previously circulated in New York at the United Nations...
这份文件先前在纽约的联合国总部传阅过。
Public employees, teachers and liberals are circulating a petition for his recall...
公务员、教师和自由派人士正在散发请愿书,要求将他召回。
An e-mail is already circulating amongst news staff calling for voluntary redundancies.
在新闻部员工中已经在转发一封电子邮件,呼吁大家自愿裁汰。
circulation
...an inquiry into the circulation of 'unacceptable literature'.
对“不良文学作品”的流传进行的调查
2.V-ERG 及物/不及物动词(谣言等)流传;散布 If something such as a rumour circulates or is circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.
【语法信息】:V
【语法信息】:be V-ed
【语法信息】:Also V n
Rumours were already beginning to circulate that the project might have to be abandoned...
已传出谣言说,该项目可能会被迫取消。
I deeply resented those sort of rumours being circulated at a time of deeply personal grief.
我特别憎恨那种在人家伤心透顶的时候还在传播的谣言。
3.VERB 动词(在密闭场所或系统内)循环,流转,传播 When something circulates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
【语法信息】:V
【语法信息】:Also V prep
...a virus which circulates via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs...
通过血液循环传播、造成多种器官病变的病毒
Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
circulation
The north pole is warmer than the south and the circulation of air around it is less well contained.
北极比南极温度高,周围的空气流动也更为顺畅。
...the principle of free circulation of goods.
商品自由流通的原则
4.VERB 动词(在聚会上)周旋,往来应酬 If you circulate at a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
【语法信息】:V
Let me get you something to drink, then I must circulate.
我给你找点喝的,然后我得去应酬一下。
牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - circulate
circulate cir·cu·late / 5sE:kjEleit; NAmE 5sE:rk- / verb1. 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 ▪ [V] The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely. 这种状态阻碍了血液的循环畅通。 ▪ [VN] Cooled air is circulated throughout the building. 冷气在整座大楼循环。 2. 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 ▪ [V] Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems. 有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。 ▪ [also VN] 3. [VN] ~ sth (to sb) to send goods or information to all the people in a group  传送;传递;传阅: The document will be circulated to all members. 这份文件将在所有成员中传阅。 4. [V] 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
牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - circulate
circulate verb
1. liquid/gas/air
• ADVERBfreelyAir can ~ freely through the tunnels.
• PREPOSITIONaround, round (esp. BrE)
The heart ~s blood around the body. | insugar circulating in the bloodstream | throughBlood ~s through the arteries and veins.
2. story, idea, information, etc.
• ADVERBwidelyThe book was ~d widely in Russia. | freely
• PREPOSITIONamongnewspapers circulating among minority communities | around, round (esp. BrE)
There's a story circulating around the office that you are about to leave. | toThe document will be ~d to all members.