Picture of the day: From Instagram
Solar Impulse 2 flies over San Francisco on April 23rd 2016. The solar-powered airplane, which is attempting to circumnavigate the globe to promote clean energy and the spirit of innovation, arrived from Hawaii after a three-day journey across the Pacific Ocean
German Car Makers Hit Road
Volkswagen's
plan to invest $65 billion in its global operations over the next three
years marks the latest push by Germany's auto industry to limit its
exposure to crisis-stricken Europe.
台灣旅英柳琴中阮演奏者與假聲男高音莊承穎，即將在成立於倫敦19年歷史的亞洲音樂中心（Asian Music Circuit）舉辦彈撥樂講座並現場演奏。 莊承穎自12歲起學習彈撥樂柳琴與阮咸，曾獲得聲樂器樂多個獎項，並於2008年成為第一位獲選台北國家音樂廳樂壇新秀的假聲男高音。
EU Plans Cameras to Monitor Fishing Boats' Catch
The EU is considering closed-circuit cameras for fishing boats as part of a plan to revive the bloc's efforts to stop overfishing in its waters.
hit the road
Fig. to depart; to begin one's journey, especially on a road trip; to leave for home. It's time to hit the road. I'll see you. We have to hit the road very early in the morning.
cir·cuit (sûr'kĭt) 
n.
- A closed, usually circular line that goes around an object or area.
- The region enclosed by such a line. See synonyms at circumference.
- A path or route the complete traversal of which without local change of direction requires returning to the starting point.
- The act of following such a path or route.
- A journey made on such a path or route.
- Electronics.
- A closed path followed or capable of being followed by an electric current.
- A configuration of electrically or electromagnetically connected components or devices.
- A regular or accustomed course from place to place; a round: a salesperson on the Detroit-Minneapolis-Chicago circuit; a popular speaker on the lecture circuit.
- The area or district thus covered, especially a territory under the jurisdiction of a judge in which periodic court sessions are held.
- An association of theaters in which plays, acts, or films move from theater to theater for presentation.
- A group of nightclubs, show halls, or resorts at which entertainers appear in turn.
- An association of teams or clubs.
- A series of competitions held in different places.
To make a circuit or circuit of.
[Middle English, circumference, from Old French, from Latin circuitus, a going around, from past participle of circumīre, to go around : circum-, circum- + īre, to go.]
1 巡回, 巡行, 一周, 周遊, 巡回［周遊］旅行；寄り道の旅行；回り道, 迂回(うかい)；回って歩くこと；((通例修飾語句を伴って))…巡り；（特に）パーティー巡り
make the ［a］ circuit of the town
町を一周する
町を一周する
make a circuit in order to avoid him
彼を避けるために回り道をする
彼を避けるために回り道をする
an entertainer on the club circuit
クラブ回りの芸能人.
クラブ回りの芸能人.
2 定期的な巡回（裁判官の地方巡回・牧師の説教巡回・セールスマンの巡回販売など）；巡回裁判官, 巡回牧師, セールスマン
a circuit-riding lawyer
巡回弁護士
巡回弁護士
be on circuit
巡回裁判をする.
巡回裁判をする.
3 巡回裁判区［教区］；（セールスマン・郵便配達人などの）巡回［配達］区域；（芸人の）巡業経路.
4 周囲, 周り（の距離）；（境界線で囲まれた）地域, 地方
the circuit of the valley
谷間.
谷間.
5 （映画館・劇場などの）興行系列, チェーン.
6 《電気》回路, 回線, 配線系統
a TV circuit
テレビ回線.
テレビ回線.
7 （野球・アメフトなどの）連盟, リーグ.
8 《野球》ベース一周, ホームラン
a circuit clout ［blow, drive, wallop］
本塁打
本塁打
hit for the circuit
ホームランを打つ.
ホームランを打つ.
9 （カーレース用の）サーキット.
10 《スポーツ》巡回トーナメント；((the 〜))その参加選手；((英略式))サーキットトレーニング
do circuits
サーキットトレーニングをする.
サーキットトレーニングをする.
━━[動] (他) (自) （…を）巡行［巡回］する.
［ラテン語circuitus （circum（丸く）＋īre（行く）＋-tus過去分詞語尾＝丸く回った）］
cir・cuit・al
circum-
PREFIX
Origin
From Latin circum 'round'.
closed-circuit
n.
An electric circuit providing an uninterrupted, endless path for the flow of current.
A television transmission circuit with a limited number of reception stations and no broadcast facilities.closedcircuit closed'-cir'cuit (klōzd'sûr'kĭt) adj.
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