1. сущ. 1) цикл 2) полный круг, период 3) цикличность • - anticipators of business cycle - billing cycle - budget cycle - business cycle - business cycle model - design cycle - economic cycle - expiration cycle - life cycle costs - trade cycle - working capital cycle Syn: round, period, series, loop, cyclic path 2. гл. 1) проходить цикл развития 2) повторяться циклически ...
1. цикл, полный круг; период business cycle —- экономический цикл the cycle of the seasons —- последовательная смена времен года cycle of events —- круг событий lunar cycle —- астр. лунный цикл 2. муз. лит. цикл a cycle of songs —- цикл песен the Arthurian cycle —- Артуров цикл (легенды о короле Артуре и рыцарях Круглого стола) 3. цикличностъ 4. долгий период времени, век 5. тех. цикл, такт; последовательность (операций); круговой процесс 6. эл. период переменного тока cycle per second —- герц 7. хим. круговорот nitrogen cycle —- круговорот азота 8. проходить цикл развития 9. повторяться циклически 10. описывать круги; двигаться по кругу 11. косм. осуществлять включение (двигателей) 12. велосипед cycle track —- велотрек 13. (детский) трехколесный велосипед 14. мотоцикл 15. ездить на велосипеде или мотоцикле ...
1. noun 1) цикл; круг; круговорот 2) coll.; abbr. of bicycleвелосипед 3) tech. (круговой) процесс, такт Syn: see period 2. v. 1) совершать цикл развития 2) делать обороты (о колесе и т.п.) 3) ездить на велосипеде ...
n. & v. --n. 1 a a recurrent round or period (of events, phenomena, etc.). b the time needed for one such round or period. 2 a Physics etc. a recurrent series of operations or states. b Electr. = HERTZ. 3 a series of songs, poems, etc., usu. on a single theme. 4 a bicycle, tricycle, or similar machine. --v.intr. 1 ride a bicycle etc. 2 move in cycles. Phrases and idioms cycle-track (or -way) a path or road for bicycles. Etymology: ME f. OF, or f. LL cyclus f. Gk kuklos circle ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
I. noun Etymology: Middle English cicle, from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kyklos circle, wheel, ~ — more at wheel Date: 14th century 1. an interval of time during which a sequence of a recurring succession of events or phenomena is completed a 4-year ~ of growth and development 2. a. a course or series of events or operations that recur regularly and usually lead back to the starting point b. one complete performance of a vibration, electric oscillation, current alternation, or other periodic process c. a permutation of a set of ordered elements in which each element takes the place of the next and the last becomes first d. a takeoff and landing of an airplane 3. a circular or spiral arrangement: as a. an imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens b. ring 10 4. a long period of time ; age 5. a. a group of creative works (as poems, plays, or songs) treating the same theme b. a series of narratives dealing typically with the exploits of a legendary hero the Arthurian ~ 6. a. bi~ b. tri~ c. motor~ 7. the series of a single, double, triple, and home run hit in any order by one player during one baseball game II. verb (~d; cycling) Date: 1842 intransitive verb 1. a. to pass through a ~ b. to recur in ~s 2. to ride a ~; specifically bi~ transitive verb to cause to go through a ~ • ~r noun ...
(cycles, cycling, cycled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If you cycle, you ride a bicycle. He cycled to Ingwold... Britain could save ?4.6 billion a year in road transport costs if more people cycled... Over 1000 riders cycled 100 miles around the Vale of York. VERB: V prep/adv, V, V n • cycling The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling. N-UNCOUNT 2. A cycle is a bicycle. ...an eight-mile cycle ride. N-COUNT 3. A cycle is a motorcycle. (AM) N-COUNT 4. A cycle is a series of events or processes that is repeated again and again, always in the same order. ...the life cycle of the plant... N-COUNT: usu with supp, oft N of n 5. A cycle is a single complete series of movements in an electrical, electronic, or mechanical process. ...10 cycles per second. N-COUNT: usu pl ...
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~1 n 1 a number of events happening in a regularly repeated order + of (the cycle of the seasons | the endless cycle of violence in this part of the world) (- see also life cycle) 2 a bicycle or motorcycle 3 the period of time needed for a machine to finish a process (This washing machine has a 50 minute cycle.) 4 a group of songs, poems etc that are all about a particular important event ~2 v especially BrE to travel by bicycle (Do you cycle to work?) ...
- 14c., from L.L. cyclus, from Gk. kyklos "circle, wheel," from PIE *qwel-, *qwol- "move around." The verb meaning "to ride a bicycle" is from 1883; cyclist in this sense is from 1882; cyclical is from 1817; cyclorama is from 1840. ...