cycle
gb/sˈaɪkəl/ us/sˈaɪkəl/
A2
영어
~ 2400
의미
의미 0개
명사
B1
event
1
A set of events that repeats
A group of events that happen again and again in the same way.
사용 패턴：
a [time/day/year] cycle
자주 하는 실수：
Learners sometimes confuse 'cycle' with 'circle'. A 'cycle' is about time or events; a 'circle' is a shape.
유의어
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.)
반의어
randomness (The absence of any predictable or repeating order.)
연어
life cycle
|economic cycle
|seasonal cycle
|water cycle
|boom-and-bust cycle
주제
time
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
예문
- The water cycle describes how water moves through the environment.
- The business cycle affects employment rates.
- In nature, many processes follow a regular cycle.
학습자용 예문
- The seasons change in a yearly cycle.
- Plants grow and die in a cycle.
- The moon has a cycle of phases.
명사
A2
entity
2
A bicycle or motorcycle
A bike or motorbike.
사용 패턴：
ride a cycle
자주 하는 실수：
Some learners think 'cycle' only means bicycle, but it can also mean motorcycle in some contexts.
유의어
bike (Common informal term for bicycle or motorcycle.)
연어
ride a cycle
|motor cycle
|cycle lane
주제
transportation
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
예문
- She rides her cycle to work every day.
- He bought a new racing cycle.
- The city has built new cycle lanes.
학습자용 예문
- I go to school by cycle.
- He has a red cycle.
- We ride cycles in the park.
동사
A2
action
3
Travel using a bicycle or motorbike
To ride a bike or motorbike.
사용 패턴：
cycle to [a place]
자주 하는 실수：
Learners may confuse 'cycle' (verb) with 'circle' (verb), which means to move around something in a circular path.
유의어
bike (Informal verb meaning to ride a bicycle.)
연어
cycle to work
|cycle home
|cycle across town
주제
transportation
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
예문
- I usually cycle to the office.
- They cycled across the country for charity.
- She cycles to school every morning.
학습자용 예문
- I cycle to my friend's house.
- He cycles in the park.
- We cycle to school together.
동사
technical
B2
action
4
Move repeatedly through stages
To go through the same steps again and again.
유의어
rotate (Can imply moving between tasks or roles in turn.)
|
recur (Focuses on happening again, often at intervals.)
반의어
stop (To bring the repeated process to an end.)
연어
cycle through options
|cycle between modes
주제
science
|technology
|time
|core_vocabulary
예문
- The program cycles through different screens automatically.
- The machine cycles between heating and cooling modes.
- The system will cycle until it completes all tasks.
학습자용 예문
- The lights cycle from red to green.
- The fan cycles on and off.
- The computer cycles through the pictures.
문법
기본형
cycle
IPA
GB/sˈaɪkəl/
US/sˈaɪkəl/
음절 및 강세
cycle （1음절）
Stress on 1st syllable (cycle)
활용형
Noun
- Base: cycle
- Plural: cycles
Verb
- Base: cycle
- 3rd Person Singular: cycles
- Present Participle: cycling
- Past: cycled
관련 단어
표현
break the cycle
1/bɹˈeɪk ðə sˈaɪkəl/
fixed phrase
Stop a repeating pattern
To stop something bad from happening again and again.
예문
- 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.
예문
- 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.
예문
- 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.