English Dictionary

circumscribe

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɜː.kəm.skɹaɪb/

動詞

To draw a line around; to encircle. / To limit narrowly; to restrict. / (geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

日本語の意味

［1］～を取り囲むように線を引く、囲む。 / ［2］～の範囲を狭く限定する、制限する。 / ［3］（幾何学）多角形やポリゴンなどの外側を囲む最小の円（または球）を描く。

Before shading, circumscribe each figure by drawing a clear line around it.

影をつける前に、各図形の周りに明確な線を引いてください。

意味（1）

To draw a line around; to encircle.

意味（2）

To limit narrowly; to restrict.

Well, I promise you to circumscribe her conquests as much as possible by extending my own, returned Henrietta. It will be an easy task; for Miss Churchill does not do 'the honours of her eyes.' I often tell her her beauty is quite wasted upon her.

意味（3）

(geometry) To draw the smallest circle or higher-dimensional sphere that has (a polyhedron, polygon, etc.) in its interior.

circumscribes （ present singular third-person ）

circumscribing （ participle present ）

circumscribed （ participle past ）

circumscribed （ past ）