cycle
gb/sˈaɪkəl/ us/sˈaɪkəl/
A2
Αγγλικά
~ 2400
ciklus, körforgás, bicikli, kerékpár, motor, biciklizik, kerékpározik, motorozik, ciklikusan vált, ki-be kapcsol, végiglépked
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
B1
1
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
a [time/day/year] cycle
The water cycle describes how water moves through the environment.
A víz körforgása azt mutatja be, hogyan mozog a víz a környezetben.
The business cycle affects employment rates.
A gazdasági ciklus hatással van a foglalkoztatottsági mutatókra.
In nature, many processes follow a regular cycle.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The seasons change in a yearly cycle.
Az évszakok éves ciklusban váltakoznak.
Plants grow and die in a cycle.
A növények növekedése és pusztulása ciklusban ismétlődik.
The moon has a cycle of phases.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cycle' with 'circle'. A 'cycle' is about time or events; a 'circle' is a shape.
Σημασία
A set of events that repeats
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
life cycle
|economic cycle
|seasonal cycle
|water cycle
|boom-and-bust cycle
Συνώνυμα
sequence (Focuses on the order of events but not necessarily repetition.)
|
rotation (Emphasizes returning to a starting point, often used in schedules or physical movement.)
Αντώνυμα
randomness (The absence of any predictable or repeating order.)
Θέματα
time
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
A group of events that happen again and again in the same way.
A set of related events or actions that happen in the same order and are repeated.
ΟΥΣΙΑΣΤΙΚΌ
A2
2
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
ride a cycle
She rides her cycle to work every day.
Mindennap biciklivel jár dolgozni.
He bought a new racing cycle.
Vett egy új versenykerékpárt.
The city has built new cycle lanes.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I go to school by cycle.
Biciklivel járok iskolába.
He has a red cycle.
Van egy piros biciklije.
We ride cycles in the park.
Συχνό λάθος:
Some learners think 'cycle' only means bicycle, but it can also mean motorcycle in some contexts.
Σημασία
A bicycle or motorcycle
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
ride a cycle
|motor cycle
|cycle lane
Συνώνυμα
bike (Common informal term for bicycle or motorcycle.)
Θέματα
transportation
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
A bike or motorbike.
A bicycle or motorcycle, especially in informal use.
ΡΉΜΑ
A2
3
Μοτίβο χρήσης:
cycle to [a place]
I usually cycle to the office.
Általában biciklivel megyek az irodába.
They cycled across the country for charity.
Jótékonysági célból kerékpárral átszelték az országot.
She cycles to school every morning.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
I cycle to my friend's house.
Biciklivel megyek a barátomhoz.
He cycles in the park.
A parkban biciklizik.
We cycle to school together.
Συχνό λάθος:
Learners may confuse 'cycle' (verb) with 'circle' (verb), which means to move around something in a circular path.
Σημασία
Travel using a bicycle or motorbike
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
cycle to work
|cycle home
|cycle across town
Συνώνυμα
bike (Informal verb meaning to ride a bicycle.)
Θέματα
transportation
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
To ride a bike or motorbike.
To travel using a bicycle or motorcycle.
ΡΉΜΑ
B2
TECHNICAL
4
The program cycles through different screens automatically.
A program automatikusan újra és újra végiglépked a különböző képernyőkön.
The machine cycles between heating and cooling modes.
A gép ciklikusan vált a fűtési és a hűtési mód között.
The system will cycle until it completes all tasks.
Παραδείγματα για μαθητές
The lights cycle from red to green.
A lámpák ismétlődően pirosról zöldre váltanak.
The fan cycles on and off.
A ventilátor ki-be kapcsol.
The computer cycles through the pictures.
Σημασία
Move repeatedly through stages
Συνδυασμοί λέξεων
cycle through options
|cycle between modes
Συνώνυμα
rotate (Can imply moving between tasks or roles in turn.)
|
recur (Focuses on happening again, often at intervals.)
Αντώνυμα
stop (To bring the repeated process to an end.)
Θέματα
science
|technology
|time
|core_vocabulary
Ορισμός
To go through the same steps again and again.
To go through a series of stages, processes, or states repeatedly.
Γραμματική
Λημματική μορφή
cycle
IPA
GB/sˈaɪkəl/
US/sˈaɪkəl/
Συλλαβές και τόνος
cycle (1 συλλαβή)
Stress on 1st syllable (cycle)
Τύποι λέξης
Noun
- Base: cycle
- Plural: cycles
Verb
- Base: cycle
- 3rd Person Singular: cycles
- Present Participle: cycling
- Past: cycled
Οικογένεια λέξεων
Εκφράσεις
break the cycle
1/bɹˈeɪk ðə sˈaɪkəl/
fixed phrase
Stop a repeating pattern
To stop something bad from happening again and again.
Παραδείγματα
- Education can help break the cycle of poverty.
- We need to break the cycle of violence in our community.
life cycle
1/lˈaɪf sˈaɪkəl/
fixed phrase
Stages from birth to death
All the stages from the start to the end of life or use.
Παραδείγματα
- The butterfly’s life cycle includes egg, larva, pupa, and adult stages.
- Understanding a product's life cycle helps in marketing.
vicious cycle
2/vˈɪʃəs sˈaɪkəl/
idiom
self-reinforcing negative cycle
A bad cycle where one problem leads to another problem, and this keeps happening so that things get worse and worse.
Παραδείγματα
- Debt and poverty can create a vicious cycle.
- Debt can quickly become a vicious cycle if you keep borrowing to pay old loans.
- Lack of sleep leads to stress, which leads to more lack of sleep—a vicious cycle.
- The company was stuck in a vicious cycle of falling sales and cost-cutting.