late 14c., from Anglo-French circuler, Old French circuler "circular" (14c., Modern French circulaire), from Latin circularis, from circulus (see circle (n.)). The metaphoric circular firing squad is attested by 1990.
circular (n.)
1550s, "circular figure," from circular (adj.). Meaning "a notice circulated" is from 1818.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The work interposes a glass plate between two large circular mirrors.
該藝術(shù)品在兩面圓形大鏡子中間插入一塊玻璃板。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. a circular tour of the city
環(huán)城游覽
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The crater was two miles across and roughly circular.