circulate

英 [ˈsɜːkjəleɪt]

美 [ˈsɜːrkjəleɪt]

v. (液体或气体)环流，循环; 传播; 流传; 散布; 传送; 传递; 传阅

过去分词：circulated　现在分词：circulating　过去式：circulated　第三人称单数：circulates　

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牛津词典

verb

（液体或气体）环流，循环
when a liquid, gas, or air circulates or is circulated , it moves continuously around a place or system
1. The condition prevents the blood from circulating freely.
  这种病阻碍了血液的循环畅通。
2. Cooled air is circulated throughout the building.
  冷气在整座大楼循环。
传播；流传；散布
if a story, an idea, information, etc. circulates or if you circulate it, it spreads or it is passed from one person to another
1. Rumours began to circulate about his financial problems.
  有关他财务困难的谣言开始流传开来。
传送；传递；传阅
to send goods or information to all the people in a group
1. The document will be circulated to all members.
  这份文件将在所有成员中传阅。
（尤指在聚会上）往来应酬，周旋
to move around a group, especially at a party, talking to different people

柯林斯词典

V-ERG (文章等)传递，传阅，散发
If a piece of writingcirculatesoris circulated, copies of it are passed round among a group of people.
1. 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。
2. 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。
3. 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。
V-ERG (谣言等)流传;散布
If something such as a rumourcirculatesoris circulated, the people in a place tell it to each other.
1. 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。
2. 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。
VERB (在密闭场所或系统内)循环，流转，传播
When somethingcirculates, it moves easily and freely within a closed place or system.
1. ...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
2. Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
  做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
VERB (在聚会上)周旋，往来应酬
If youcirculateat a party, you move among the guests and talk to different people.
1. 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。

英英释义

verb

cause to move around
1. circulate a rumor
Synonym:mobilizemobilise
cause to become widely known
1. spread information
2. circulate a rumor
3. broadcast the news
Synonym:circularizecircularisedistributedisseminatepropagatebroadcastspreaddiffusedispersepass around
become widely known and passed on
1. the rumor spread
2. the story went around in the office
Synonym:go aroundspread
move around freely
1. She circulates among royalty
move through a space, circuit or system, returning to the starting point
1. Blood circulates in my veins
2. The air here does not circulate
cause to move in a circuit or system
1. The fan circulates the air in the room
cause be distributed
1. This letter is being circulated among the faculty
Synonym:pass aroundpass ondistribute
move in circles
Synonym:circle

双语例句

If this virus regains the ability to circulate, it is called a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus ( cVDPV).
当这种病毒重新获得传播能力后，就称为传播的疫苗衍生脊髓灰质炎病毒（cVDPV）。
The pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate.
能够使水循环的在汽车的冷却系统中的泵。
Of or relating to or having vessels that conduct and circulate fluids.
属于或关于运输或循环流动液体的管。
Cooking odors can circulate throughout the entire house.
做饭的香味可以传到家里的各个角落。
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。
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。
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。
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。
Gossip tends to circulate quickly.
流言蜚语往往传播得最快了。
But the ones I've marked up cannot circulate: they have become my journals, my confessions.
但那些做过评注的书就不能流传出去了，它们已经成了我的日志，我的自白书。