circumscribe

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈsɜː.kəm.skɹaɪb/    美 /ˈsɝ.kəm.skɹaɪb/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To draw a line around; to encircle.
  2. To limit narrowly; to restrict.
    — "Well, I promise you to circumscribe her conquests as much as possible by extending my own," returned Henrietta. "It will be an easy task; for Miss Churchill does not do 'the honours of her eyes.' I often tell her her beauty is quite wasted upon her."
  3. To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

词形变化

circumscribes present,singular,third-person circumscribing participle,present circumscribed participle,past circumscribed past

词汇关系

衍生词
circumscribability circumscribable circumscriber
相关词
circumscribed circumscript circumscription

词源

From Latin circumscrībō, from circum (“around”) + scrībō (“write”). By surface analysis, circum- + scribe.
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