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  • Conjugation : past  circulated ; ing  circulating
  • Derivatives : n  circulator ; adj  circulative ; adj  circulatory
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

circulate ['səːkjuleɪt]
  1. 1. vi. [traffic] [ blood+] 循环
  2. 2. vi. [news] [ rumour+] 散播
  3. 3. vi. [person+] (at party) 交际
  4. 4. vt. [+report] 传阅

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

circulate [ˈsɜːkjʊleɪt]
  1. 1. vi. 传播流传
    Rumours are circulating that some of the cast will be killed off.
    关于一些演员要被裁掉的谣言流传开来。
  2. 2. vt. 宣传散布传播
    Information is circulated annually to all overseas students.
    每年所有海外学生传递信息
  3. 3. vt. 分发传送传阅
    Papers should be circulated to ministers seven days before a meeting.
    文件应该会议七天前给大臣们传阅
    This letter is being circulated among the faculty.
    这封信在全体教员传阅着。
  4. 4. vi. 流通循环
    The blood circulates through the liver every four minutes.
    血液循环每四分钟通过肝脏一次
    The air here does not circulate.
    这里空气流通
    Blood circulates in my veins.
    血液静脉中循环
  5. 5. vi. 绕圈,做圆周运动
    Policemen circulated around the crime scene.
    警察们在犯罪现场四周巡逻
  6. 6. vt. 使流通,使循环
    Commercial refrigeration relies on fans to circulate the air within the cabinet.
    商用冷藏柜依靠风扇使空气在柜内流通
    The fan circulates the air in the room.
    风扇使房间里的空气流通
  7. 7. vi. 走来走去来回走动
    She circulated around the different groups at the party.
    她在晚会上的各个不同群体间四处走动
    She circulates among royalty.
    来往皇室之间
  8. 8. vt. 使流动;使到处走动;使传开

Collins English-English Dictionary

circulate ['s3ːkjυ"leɪt]
  1. 1. vb to send, go, or pass from place to place or person to person
    don't circulate the news
  2. 2. vb to distribute or be distributed over a wide area
  3. 3. vb to move or cause to move through a circuit, system, etc, returning to the starting point
    blood circulates through the body
  4. 4. vb to move in a circle
    the earth circulates around the sun
  5. 5. vb [Etymology] C15: from Latin circulari to assemble in a circle, from circulus circle

Examples

The air here does not circulate.
这里的空气不流通。
聚集和融通资金
collect and circulate funds
通报表扬(批评)
circulate a notice of commendation (criticism)
散布谣言
spread (or circulate) rumours
流通
(of air, money, commodities, etc.) circulate
流传
spread; circulate; hand down
磕得那么重,你得吃点活血化淤的药。
Hurt so badly, you must take some medicine to dispel the gore and make the blood circulate smoothly.

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