喜樂美語

核心畫面

Picture a line that curves round and comes back to meet itself — a closed ring. Anything that travels along it ends up exactly where it started. That one picture covers the shape, the route that loops back, and the kind of thinking that quietly returns to its own starting point.

可以想成一條線一路彎過去、繞了一整圈，最後接回自己的起點，圍成一個閉合的圓。走在這條線上的東西，走到最後都會回到出發…更多收起可以想成一條線一路彎過去、繞了一整圈，最後接回自己的起點，圍成一個閉合的圓。走在這條線上的東西，走到最後都會回到出發的地方。這個「繞一圈又回到原點」的畫面，同時解釋了圓的形狀、繞回起點的路線，也解釋了那種講了半天、其實又講回自己的推理。

原始詞典資料14 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

circularadj/ˈsɜː.kjə.lə/

  • 1

    Of or relating to a circle.

  • 2

    In the shape of, or moving in, a circle.

    • Near-synonyms: oval; round; toroid, ringlike, round-like
    • Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
  • 3

    Circuitous or roundabout.

  • 4

    Referring back to itself, so as to prevent computation or comprehension; infinitely recursive.

    • circular reasoning
    • Your dictionary defines "brave" as "courageous", and "courageous" as "brave". That's a circular definition.
  • 5

    Distributed to a large number of persons.

    • a proclamation of Henry III., […] doubtless circular throughout England
  • 6

    obsoletePerfect; complete.

    • A man so absolute and circular / In all those wished-for rarities that may take / A virgin captive.
  • 7

    archaicAdhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior.

    • February 1, 1711, John Dennis, on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido?

circularnoun/ˈsɜː.kjə.lə/

  • 1

    An advertisement, directive or notice intended for mass circulation.

    • Near-synonym: flyer (advertisement)
    • The pigeon-hole was also stuffed with circulars and hand-bills.
  • 2

    datedA sleeveless cloak cut from a circular pattern.

  • 3

    A shuttle bus with a circular route.

circularverb/ˈsɜː.kjə.lə/

  • 1

    To distribute circulars to or at.

    • The result of the sending of these notices confirms me in the opinion, that it will be necessary to adopt legal means with the great majority of these parties. The circulars have had little effect. In fact, the parties have been “circulared" into the notion that nothing more formidable will ever be sent to them.
    • It is true, that, to obtain these, some six hundred or more institutions were circulared, and a good many of these a second time.
  • 2

    To extend in a circular direction.

    • The theme can be expressed in an architectural analogy. For, of all contriving to encover space, the arch — alone or 'circulared' into the dome — is the most ingenious.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。