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circumnavigate 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˌsərkəmˈnavəˌgāt/,
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circumnavigated, past participle; circumnavigates, 3rd person singular present; circumnavigating, present participle; circumnavigated, past tense;
  1. Sail all the way around (something, esp. the world)

  2. Go around or across (something)
    • - he helped her to circumnavigate a frozen puddle
  1. travel around, either by plane or ship; "We compassed the earth"
  2. (circumnavigation) traveling around something (by ship or plane); "Magellan's circumnavigation of the earth proved that it is a globe"
  3. To travel completely around somewhere or something, especially by sail; To circumvent or bypass; To sail around the world
  4. to go around the world - first done by Magellan's crew - then by Drake
  5. To travel around something, like an island or the world.
  6. (v) to proceed completely around
  7. To avoid by going around.