انگلیسی

cycle

gb/sˈaɪkəl/ us/sˈaɪkəl/
A2 انگلیسی
~ 2400
معنی‌ها
۰ معنی
اسم B1 event
1

A set of events that repeats

A group of events that happen again and again in the same way.

الگوی کاربرد: a [time/day/year] cycle
اشتباه رایج:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cycle' with 'circle'. A 'cycle' is about time or events; a 'circle' is a shape.
هم‌معنی‌ها
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.)
متضادها
randomness (The absence of any predictable or repeating order.)
ترکیب‌های رایج
life cycle |economic cycle |seasonal cycle |water cycle |boom-and-bust cycle
موضوع‌ها
time |science |daily life |core_vocabulary
نمونه‌ها
  • The water cycle describes how water moves through the environment.
  • The business cycle affects employment rates.
  • In nature, many processes follow a regular cycle.
نمونه‌های زبان‌آموزی
  • The seasons change in a yearly cycle.
  • Plants grow and die in a cycle.
  • The moon has a cycle of phases.
اسم A2 entity
2

A bicycle or motorcycle

A bike or motorbike.

الگوی کاربرد: ride a cycle
اشتباه رایج:
Some learners think 'cycle' only means bicycle, but it can also mean motorcycle in some contexts.
هم‌معنی‌ها
bike (Common informal term for bicycle or motorcycle.)
ترکیب‌های رایج
ride a cycle |motor cycle |cycle lane
موضوع‌ها
transportation |daily life |daily_life |core_vocabulary
نمونه‌ها
  • She rides her cycle to work every day.
  • He bought a new racing cycle.
  • The city has built new cycle lanes.
نمونه‌های زبان‌آموزی
  • I go to school by cycle.
  • He has a red cycle.
  • We ride cycles in the park.
فعل A2 action
3

Travel using a bicycle or motorbike

To ride a bike or motorbike.

الگوی کاربرد: cycle to [a place]
اشتباه رایج:
Learners may confuse 'cycle' (verb) with 'circle' (verb), which means to move around something in a circular path.
هم‌معنی‌ها
bike (Informal verb meaning to ride a bicycle.)
ترکیب‌های رایج
cycle to work |cycle home |cycle across town
موضوع‌ها
transportation |daily life |daily_life |core_vocabulary
نمونه‌ها
  • I usually cycle to the office.
  • They cycled across the country for charity.
  • She cycles to school every morning.
نمونه‌های زبان‌آموزی
  • I cycle to my friend's house.
  • He cycles in the park.
  • We cycle to school together.
فعل technical B2 action
4

Move repeatedly through stages

To go through the same steps again and again.

هم‌معنی‌ها
rotate (Can imply moving between tasks or roles in turn.) | recur (Focuses on happening again, often at intervals.)
متضادها
stop (To bring the repeated process to an end.)
ترکیب‌های رایج
cycle through options |cycle between modes
موضوع‌ها
science |technology |time |core_vocabulary
نمونه‌ها
  • The program cycles through different screens automatically.
  • The machine cycles between heating and cooling modes.
  • The system will cycle until it completes all tasks.
نمونه‌های زبان‌آموزی
  • The lights cycle from red to green.
  • The fan cycles on and off.
  • The computer cycles through the pictures.
دستور زبان
صورت پایه
cycle
IPA
GB/sˈaɪkəl/
US/sˈaɪkəl/
هجاها و تکیه
cycle (۱ هجا)
Stress on 1st syllable (cycle)
صورت‌های واژه
Noun
  • Base: cycle
  • Plural: cycles
Verb
  • Base: cycle
  • 3rd Person Singular: cycles
  • Present Participle: cycling
  • Past: cycled
خانوادهٔ واژه
Forms
cycles noun cycling verb cycled verb
Core family
cyclist noun B1
Related words
bicycle noun A1 recycle verb B1 recycling noun A2 recyclable adjective
Negative and opposite forms
non-recyclable adjective
Advanced or less common
cyclical adjective C1 cyclic adjective
عبارت‌ها

break the cycle

1
/bɹˈeɪk ðə sˈaɪkəl/
fixed phrase

Stop a repeating pattern

To stop something bad from happening again and again.

نمونه‌ها
  • 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.

نمونه‌ها
  • 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.

نمونه‌ها
  • 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.

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