英语

cycle

gb/sˈaɪkəl/ us/sˈaɪkəl/
A2 英语
~ 2400
义项
0 个义项
名词 B1 event
1

A set of events that repeats

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

用法模式: a [time/day/year] cycle
常见错误:
Learners sometimes confuse 'cycle' with 'circle'. A 'cycle' is about time or events; a 'circle' is a shape.
近义词
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.)
反义词
randomness (The absence of any predictable or repeating order.)
搭配
life cycle |economic cycle |seasonal cycle |water cycle |boom-and-bust cycle
主题
time |science |daily life |core_vocabulary
例句
  • The water cycle describes how water moves through the environment.
  • The business cycle affects employment rates.
  • In nature, many processes follow a regular cycle.
学习者例句
  • The seasons change in a yearly cycle.
  • Plants grow and die in a cycle.
  • The moon has a cycle of phases.
名词 A2 entity
2

A bicycle or motorcycle

A bike or motorbike.

用法模式: ride a cycle
常见错误:
Some learners think 'cycle' only means bicycle, but it can also mean motorcycle in some contexts.
近义词
bike (Common informal term for bicycle or motorcycle.)
搭配
ride a cycle |motor cycle |cycle lane
主题
transportation |daily life |daily_life |core_vocabulary
例句
  • She rides her cycle to work every day.
  • He bought a new racing cycle.
  • The city has built new cycle lanes.
学习者例句
  • I go to school by cycle.
  • He has a red cycle.
  • We ride cycles in the park.
动词 A2 action
3

Travel using a bicycle or motorbike

To ride a bike or motorbike.

用法模式: cycle to [a place]
常见错误:
Learners may confuse 'cycle' (verb) with 'circle' (verb), which means to move around something in a circular path.
近义词
bike (Informal verb meaning to ride a bicycle.)
搭配
cycle to work |cycle home |cycle across town
主题
transportation |daily life |daily_life |core_vocabulary
例句
  • I usually cycle to the office.
  • They cycled across the country for charity.
  • She cycles to school every morning.
学习者例句
  • I cycle to my friend's house.
  • He cycles in the park.
  • We cycle to school together.
动词 technical B2 action
4

Move repeatedly through stages

To go through the same steps again and again.

近义词
rotate (Can imply moving between tasks or roles in turn.) | recur (Focuses on happening again, often at intervals.)
反义词
stop (To bring the repeated process to an end.)
搭配
cycle through options |cycle between modes
主题
science |technology |time |core_vocabulary
例句
  • The program cycles through different screens automatically.
  • The machine cycles between heating and cooling modes.
  • The system will cycle until it completes all tasks.
学习者例句
  • The lights cycle from red to green.
  • The fan cycles on and off.
  • The computer cycles through the pictures.
语法
词典原形
cycle
IPA
GB/sˈaɪkəl/
US/sˈaɪkəl/
音节与重音
cycle (1 个音节)
Stress on 1st syllable (cycle)
词形变化
Noun
  • Base: cycle
  • Plural: cycles
Verb
  • Base: cycle
  • 3rd Person Singular: cycles
  • Present Participle: cycling
  • Past: cycled
词族
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
相关表达

break the cycle

1
/bɹˈeɪk ðə sˈaɪkəl/
fixed phrase

Stop a repeating pattern

To stop something bad from happening again and again.

例句
  • 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.

例句
  • 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.

例句
  • 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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