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circumscribe

音標['s?:k?mskraib] 讀音

漢語翻譯

vt. 在...周圍畫線, 限制

詞型變化：

名詞:circumscriber 動詞過去式:circumscribed 過去分詞:circumscribed 現在分詞:circumscribing 第三人稱單數:circumscribes 形容詞:circumscribable

英文解釋：

動詞 circumscribe:

draw a line around
restrict or confine, "I limit you to two visits to the pub a day"
同義詞：limit, confine
to draw a geometric figure around another figure so that the two are in contact but do not intersect

詳細解釋：

cir.cum.scribe

v.tr.（及物動詞）
cir.cum.scribed,cir.cum.scrib.ing,cir.cum.scribes
To draw a line around; encircle.
劃一條線包圍；圍繞
To limit narrowly; restrict.
狹窄地限定；限制
To determine the limits of; define.See Synonyms at limit
確定…的範圍；下定義參見 limit

To enclose (a polygon or polyhedron) within a configuration of lines, curves, or surfaces so that every vertex of the enclosed object is incident on the enclosing configuration.
外接圓：用直線、曲線或面的結構圍繞（多邊形或多面體），使被包圍物的每個頂點都內接於該結構
To erect (such a configuration) around a polygon or polyhedron:
使外接於…：確定（這樣一個結構）圍繞一個多邊形或多面體：
例句：
circumscribe a circle around a square.
正方形的外接圓

來源：
Middle English circumscriben
中古英文 circumscriben
from Latin circumscrobere
源自拉丁語 circumscrobere
circum- [circum-]
circum- [前綴，表.環繞.]
scrobere [to write] * see skrobh-
scrobere [寫] *參見 skrobh-

【引伸】
cir.cumscrib.able
adj.（形容詞）
cir.cumscrib.er
n.（名詞）