circuit
US: /ˈsɝkət/
UK: /sˈɜːkɪt/
UK: /sˈɜːkɪt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
circuit /'sə:kit/
- danh từ
- chu vi, đường vòng quanh
- the circuit of a town: chu vi thành phố
- sự đi vòng quanh
- to make a circuit of: đi vòng quanh (cái gì)
- cuộc kinh lý, cuộc tuần du, cuộc tuần tra (của các quan toà để xét xử); địa phận đi kinh lý
- (vật lý) mạch
- electric circuit: mạch điện
- (thể dục,thể thao) vòng đua
- hệ thống rạp hát, rạp chiếu bóng (cùng chung một ban quản trị)
- (nghĩa bóng) sự nối tiếp của sự việc...)
- chu vi, đường vòng quanh
- ngoại động từ
- đi vòng quanh
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun
1 a line, route, or journey around a place: The race ended with eight laps of a city centre circuit. + The earth takes a year to make a circuit of (= go around) the sun.
2 the complete path of wires and equipment along which an electric current flows: an electrical circuit + a circuit diagram (= one showing all the connections in the different parts of the circuit)
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3 (in sport) a series of games or matches in which the same players regularly take part: the women's tennis circuit
4 a track for cars or motorcycles to race around
5 a series of places or events of a particular kind at which the same people appear or take part: the lecture / cabaret circuit
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6 a regular journey made by a judge to hear court cases in each of the courts of law in a particular area: a circuit judge
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 compass, circumference, perimeter, periphery, girth, border, boundary, edge, limit, ambit, margin, outline, confine(s), bound, pale:
The circuit of the area amounts to 72 miles.
2 round, tour, ambit, circle, orbit, course, lap:
The rider completed the circuit of the ranch, mending the fence as he went.
Collocation dictionary
1 path for an electric current
ADJ.
short
The lights were not working because of a short circuit.
| closed | integrated, printed | electrical, electronic
VERB + CIRCUIT
break
CIRCUIT + NOUN
diagram
2 places visited by sb in a particular job/sport
ADJ.
amateur, professional
Talent scouts spotted him playing on the amateur circuit.
| international, world | cabaret, festival, lecture, tennis, etc.
PREP.
on a/the ~
She's a well-known figure on the international lecture circuit.
3 circular journey around sth
ADJ.
complete
VERB + CIRCUIT
do, make
We did a complete circuit of the park in twenty minutes.
PREP.
~ of
Concise English dictionary
circuits|circuited|circuiting'sɜːkɪt
noun
+an electrical device that provides a path for electrical current to flow
+a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area
+an established itinerary of venues or events that a particular group of people travel to
+(law) a judicial division of a state or the United States (so-called because originally judges traveled and held court in different locations); one of the twelve groups of states in the United States that is covered by a particular circuit court of appeals
+a racetrack for automobile races
+movement once around a course
verb
+make a circuit
