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epicycle
[ˌepɪˈsaɪkl] [ˈepəˌsaɪkl]

  • n. [天] 本轮;[数] 周转圆

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  • 周转圆
  • 本轮

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epicycle [ 'episaikl ]

  • n. a circle that rolls around (inside or outside) another circle; generates an epicycloid or hypocycloid

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 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

epicycle /ˈɛpɪˌsaɪkəl/

  • 1. 

    N (in the Ptolemaic system) a small circle, around which a planet was thought to revolve, whose centre describes a larger circle (the deferent) centred on the earth (托勒密体系)本轮 [astronomy]

双语例句

  • You see how this epicycle theory could account for the seemingly backward motion of the planet.

    可以看到这个本轮理论是如何解释行星看起来像在做反向运动

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  • The carbon cycle has thus acquired another epicycle, and become even more complicated to understand than it was.

    循环因此又得纳入另一个循环,以致变得更加复杂难以理解

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