资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Circle \Cir"cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Circled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Circling}.] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to
   make round. See {Circle}, n., and cf. {Circulate}.]
   1. To move around; to revolve around.

            Other planets circle other suns.      --Pope.

   2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to
      encircle. --Prior. Pope.

            Their heads are circled with a short turban.
                                                  --Dampier.

            So he lies, circled with evil.        --Coleridge.

   {To circle in}, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as,
      to circle bodies in. --Sir K. Digby.