cycle
gb/sˈaɪkəl/ us/sˈaɪkəl/
A2
Anh
~ 2400
Các nghĩa
0 nghĩa
Danh từ
B1
event
1
A set of events that repeats
A group of events that happen again and again in the same way.
Mẫu sử dụng:
a [time/day/year] cycle
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cycle' with 'circle'. A 'cycle' is about time or events; a 'circle' is a shape.
Từ đồng nghĩa
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.)
Từ trái nghĩa
randomness (The absence of any predictable or repeating order.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
life cycle
|economic cycle
|seasonal cycle
|water cycle
|boom-and-bust cycle
Chủ đề
time
|science
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- The water cycle describes how water moves through the environment.
- The business cycle affects employment rates.
- In nature, many processes follow a regular cycle.
Ví dụ cho người học
- The seasons change in a yearly cycle.
- Plants grow and die in a cycle.
- The moon has a cycle of phases.
Danh từ
A2
entity
2
A bicycle or motorcycle
A bike or motorbike.
Mẫu sử dụng:
ride a cycle
Lỗi thường gặp:
Some learners think 'cycle' only means bicycle, but it can also mean motorcycle in some contexts.
Từ đồng nghĩa
bike (Common informal term for bicycle or motorcycle.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
ride a cycle
|motor cycle
|cycle lane
Chủ đề
transportation
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- She rides her cycle to work every day.
- He bought a new racing cycle.
- The city has built new cycle lanes.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I go to school by cycle.
- He has a red cycle.
- We ride cycles in the park.
Động từ
A2
action
3
Travel using a bicycle or motorbike
To ride a bike or motorbike.
Mẫu sử dụng:
cycle to [a place]
Lỗi thường gặp:
Learners may confuse 'cycle' (verb) with 'circle' (verb), which means to move around something in a circular path.
Từ đồng nghĩa
bike (Informal verb meaning to ride a bicycle.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
cycle to work
|cycle home
|cycle across town
Chủ đề
transportation
|daily life
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- I usually cycle to the office.
- They cycled across the country for charity.
- She cycles to school every morning.
Ví dụ cho người học
- I cycle to my friend's house.
- He cycles in the park.
- We cycle to school together.
Động từ
technical
B2
action
4
Move repeatedly through stages
To go through the same steps again and again.
Từ đồng nghĩa
rotate (Can imply moving between tasks or roles in turn.)
|
recur (Focuses on happening again, often at intervals.)
Từ trái nghĩa
stop (To bring the repeated process to an end.)
Cụm từ đi kèm
cycle through options
|cycle between modes
Chủ đề
science
|technology
|time
|core_vocabulary
Ví dụ
- The program cycles through different screens automatically.
- The machine cycles between heating and cooling modes.
- The system will cycle until it completes all tasks.
Ví dụ cho người học
- The lights cycle from red to green.
- The fan cycles on and off.
- The computer cycles through the pictures.
Ngữ pháp
Dạng từ điển
cycle
IPA
GB/sˈaɪkəl/
US/sˈaɪkəl/
Âm tiết và trọng âm
cycle (1 âm tiết)
Stress on 1st syllable (cycle)
Các dạng từ
Noun
- Base: cycle
- Plural: cycles
Verb
- Base: cycle
- 3rd Person Singular: cycles
- Present Participle: cycling
- Past: cycled
Họ từ
Cách diễn đạt
break the cycle
1/bɹˈeɪk ðə sˈaɪkəl/
fixed phrase
Stop a repeating pattern
To stop something bad from happening again and again.
Ví dụ
- 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.
Ví dụ
- 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.
Ví dụ
- 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.