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周期的;轮转的;循环的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Cyclic \Cyc"lic\ (s?k"l?k or s?"kl?k), Cyclical \Cyc"lic*al\
(s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr. kykliko`s, fr. ky`klos
See {Cycle}.]
Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as,
cyclical time. --Coleridge.
{Cyclic chorus}, the chorus which performed the songs and
dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round
the altar of Bacchus in a circle.
{Cyclic poets}, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and
wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so
called because keeping within the circle of a single
subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on
one subject. --Milman.
资料来源 : WordNet®
cyclical
adj : recurring in cycles [syn: {cyclic}] [ant: {noncyclic}]