circle

/ˈsɜːr.kəl/

意味: 円、集団、輪

例文: Fluffin floated in a perfect circle of daisies.
　　  フラッフィンがヒナギクの輪の中に浮かんでいた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: draw a circle (円を描く), circle of friends (友達の輪), circle the date (日付を丸で囲む)

定義: 円や輪の形をしたもの。中心から同じ距離にある点の集まり。

circleは約30,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point
Noun: an unofficial association of people or groups
Noun: something approximating the shape of a circle
Noun: movement once around a course
Noun: a road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island
Noun: street names for flunitrazepan
Noun: a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra
Noun: any circular or rotating mechanism
Verb: travel around something
Verb: move in circles
Verb: form a circle around

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: he calculated the circumference of the circle
Noun: the smart set goes there
Noun: they were an angry lot
Noun: the chairs were arranged in a circle
Noun: he drove an extra lap just for insurance
Noun: the accident blocked all traffic at the rotary
Noun: they had excellent seats in the dress circle
Noun: the machine punched out metal circles
Verb: circle the globe
Verb: encircle the errors

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Mexican valium, R-2, band, circle, circuit, circulate, dress circle, encircle, forget me drug, lap, lot, roach, roofy, rope, rophy, rotary, round, roundabout, set, traffic circle

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): ellipse, flunitrazepan, junction, locomotion, rotating mechanism, seating, shape, social group, travel

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): accompany, advance, amorphous shape, angle, angular shape, ascend, automobile, back, bang, beetle, betake oneself, billow, blade, block, blow, body, bounce, brachiation, breeze, cam, caravan, career, carry, circle, circuit, circulate, column, come, congregation, connection, crawl, cruise, crystallize, cup, dance step, deform, derail, descend, dimension, dish, distorted shape, do, drag, draw, drive, ease, encircle, fall, ferris wheel, ferry, figure, fit, flare, flatten, float, flock, fly, follow, force, forge, fork, fringe, gait, gathering, get around, ghost, glide, go around, gyroscope, hiss, hurtle, individuate, interchange, interest, intersection, island hop, jewry, jog, kin, kith, lance, lap, line, lurch, minority, moiety, movement, natural shape, nonalignment, orchestra, organization, organized crime, outflank, pace, pan, parquet, parquet circle, pass, pass over, phylum, plane, platoon, play, plow, plume, political system, prance, precede, precess, proceed, propagate, pursue, push, r-2, raft, railway junction, repair, retreat, retrograde, return, revolving door, ride, ridge, ringside, rise, roll, rotor, round, round shape, run, rush, scallop, scramble, sector, seek, set, shuttle, sift, ski, slice into, slither, sliver, snowshoe, society, solid, speed, square, stall, steamer, step, stray, strike, stroke, subculture, swap, swash, swim, swing, t-junction, tabulate, taxi, terrace, tie, tiered seat, traffic circle, trail, tram, transfer, travel, travel by, travel purposefully, travel rapidly, triangle, tribe, trundle, turn, twist, walk, weave, wend, wheel, whine, whish, whisk, whistle, wing, withdraw, zigzag, zoom

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): car pool, circle of curvature, circlet, circumambulate, circumnavigate, clique, cohort, conspiracy, disk, epicycle, equator, four hundred, horsy set, jet set, loop, orb, pace lap, party, revolve around, troll, victory lap

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: circle, circular, circulate, encirclement, round

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb
countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Finding Nemo, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: