cycle
US: /ˈsaɪkəɫ/
UK: /sˈaɪkəl/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
cycle /'saikl/- danh từ
- (vật lý) chu ký, chu trình
- reversible cycle: chu trình thuận nghịch
- (hoá học) vòng
- tập thơ cùng chủ đề, tập bài hát cùng chủ đề
- xe đạp
- (vật lý) chu ký, chu trình
- nội động từ
- quay vòng tròn theo chu kỳ
- đi xe đạp
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
1 a bicycle or motorcycle: We went for a cycle ride on Sunday. + a cycle route / track
See also -
2 the fact of a series of events being repeated many times, always in the same order: the cycle of the seasons + They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and misery.
See also -
3 a complete set or series, for example of movements in a machine: eight cycles per second + the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine)
+ verb [V] [usually +adv./prep.] (especially BrE) to ride a bicycle; to travel by bicycle: I usually cycle home through the park.
Compare: BICYCLE, BIKE
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 round, rotation, circle, course; series, sequence, run, succession, pattern:
We must learn to break the continuous cycles of war and peace.
v.
2 recur, return, rotate, recycle, circle:
The water from the fountain is cycled back to the reservoir.
Collocation
1 series of events that happen repeatedly
ADJ.
annual, daily, monthly, regular, seasonal, weekly
the annual cycle of church festivals
| complete, entire, whole | endless
the endless cycle of birth, death and rebirth
| natural
Life is a natural cycle, just like the changing seasons.
| vicious
caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting
| lunar, solar
the 76-year solar cycle
| breeding, menstrual, reproductive | business, economic | water
a diagram of the water cycle
| life
the life cycle of the butterfly
VERB + CYCLE
go through
The European market is simply going through an economic cycle.
| complete
To complete the cycle, oxygen is necessary.
| repeat
CYCLE + VERB
begin again
Male and female adults mate, the female lays eggs, and the cycle begins all over again.
| repeat (itself)
This cycle of events continually repeats itself.
CYCLE + NOUN
length, time
PREP.
in a/the ~
at this point in the cycle
| per ~
The number of young produced per breeding cycle varies from species to species.
PHRASES
part of the cycle (of sth)
part of the cycle of birth and death
2 bicycle
ADJ.
motor
(also
motorcycle
),
pedal
VERB + CYCLE
ride
CYCLE + NOUN
ride, tour
We're going for a cycle ride this afternoon.
| helmet | lane, path, route, track
Cars are not allowed in the cycle lanes.
| race
PREP.
by ~
They completed their journey by cycle.
| on a/the ~
lots of people in cars or on cycles
Concise dictionary
cycles|cycled|cycling'saɪklnoun
+an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs
+a series of poems or songs on the same theme
+a periodically repeated sequence of events
+the unit of frequency; one hertz has a periodic interval of one second
+a single complete execution of a periodically repeated phenomenon
+a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals
verb
+cause to go through a recurring sequence
+pass through a cycle
+ride a motorcycle
+ride a bicycle
+recur in repeating sequences
