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circumnavigate

🇬🇧 UK/sɜːkəm'nævɪgeɪt/🇺🇸 US/.sә:kәm'nævigeit/
C2

Definitions

v.

To travel completely around something, especially the world, by ship or aircraft; to bypass an obstacle

环航;绕行;绕过

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
circumaround
+
navship, sail
+
iconnector
+
gateto make, having
=circumnavigate

Common Collocations

  • 1.circumnavigate the globe环游地球

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the globe.

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