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CYCL comes from Greek noun kyklos "circle, wheel, circle of event", cycl多见于科技术语, 一般会与希腊语源的词根词缀结合. from PIE root *kwel-(1) "revolve, move round".

CYCL思维导图

词源故事

cycl 来自古希腊神话故事中的三位独眼巨人Cyclops. 他们额头只有一个圆眼睛, 他们是天神乌拉诺斯和大地女神盖亚的后代，由于他们惧怕他们三人的力量将他们囚禁起来，后被宙斯释放, 锻造了很多知名的武器(三叉戟, 隐形头盔, 弓和太阳箭等), cycl 来自cyclops 字面意思指的就是额头的圆眼睛. 字根意思就是圆，后来也用来比喻轮子 比如bicycle/tricycle等。

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bicycle ['baɪsɪkl] n. 自行车 vi. 骑脚踏车 vt. 骑自行车运送

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☉拆: bi(two)+cycl(circle->wheel)+e -> two wheels -> 两个轮子 -> 自行车

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bicyclist (-ist: n后缀) ['baɪsɪklɪst] n. 骑脚踏车者

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• bicycle (n.)

• 1868, coined from bi- "two" + Greek kyklos "circle, wheel" (see cycle (n.)), on the pattern of tricycle; both the word and the vehicle superseding earlier velocipede. The English word probably is not from French, though often said to be (many French sources say the French word is from English). The assumption apparently is because Pierre Lallement, employee of a French carriage works, improved Macmillan's 1839 pedal velocipede in 1865 and took the invention to America. See also pennyfarthing. As a verb, from 1869.

  That ne plus ultra of snobbishness -- bicyclism. [1876]

tricycle ['traɪsɪkl] n. [车辆] 三轮车

☉拆: tri(three)+cycl+e -> three wheels -> 三轮车(同bicycle)

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• tricycle (n.)

• 1828, "three-wheeled horse-drawn carriage," from French tricycle (1827); see tri- + cycle (n.). The pedal-powered version is first attested 1868.

cycle ['saɪkl] n. 循环；周期；自行车；整套；一段时间 vt. 使循环；使轮转 vi. 循环；骑自行车；轮转

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☉拆: cycl(circle)+e -> 指时间的一圈 -> 循环; 周期

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cyclic ['saɪklɪk] adj. 环的；循环的；周期的

cyclical [ˈsɪklɪkəl] adj. 周期的，循环的

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• cycle (n.)

• late 14c., from Late Latin cyclus, from Greek kyklos "circle, wheel, any circular body, circular motion, cycle of events," from PIE kw(e)-kwl-o-, suffixed, reduplicated form of root *kwel- (1), also *kwele-, "to roll, to move around, wheel" 

cycloid ['saɪklɔɪd] n. 摆线，圆滚线 adj. 圆形的；情绪起伏不定的

☉拆: cycl(circle)+oid(...形状) -> 圆形的

recycle [,ri'saɪkl] vt. 使再循环；使…重新利用 vi. 重复利用 n. 再生；再循环；重复利用

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☉拆: re(again)+cycle(循环) -> 再循环

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recycling [,ri'saɪklɪŋ] n. （资源、垃圾的）回收利用 v. 回收；再循环利用（recycle的现在分词）

recyclable [,ri'saɪkləbl] adj. 可回收利用的；可再循环的

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• recycle (v.)

• 1922, originally of industrial processes; see re- + cycle (v.). Specifically of waste material from 1960. Related: Recycled; recycling

unicycle ['junɪsaɪkl] n. 单轮车；独轮脚踏车

☉拆: un(i)(one)+cycl(circle)+e -> only one circle -> 独轮车

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• unicycle (n.)

• 1869, American English, from Latin uni- "one" (see uni-) + -cycle, from bicycle (from Greek kyklos "circle, wheel").

encyclopedia [ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpidiɚ] n. 百科全书（亦是encyclopaedia）

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☉拆: en(in 在...之内)+cycl(circle -> 指方方面面)+pedia(education) -> 覆盖方方面面的教育的书籍 -> 百科全书

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encyclopedism [en,saɪklə(ʊ)'piːdɪz(ə)m; ɪn-] n. 百科全书的知识；广博知识

encyclopedist [en,saɪklə(ʊ)'piːdɪst; ɪn-] n. 百科全书编纂人

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• encyclopedia (n.)

• 1530s, "general course of instruction," from Modern Latin encyclopaedia (c. 1500), thought to be a false reading by Latin authors of Greek enkyklios paideia taken as "general education," but literally "training in a circle," i.e. the "circle" of arts and sciences, the essentials of a liberal education; from enkyklios "circular," also "general" (from en "in;" see in + kyklos "circle;" see cycle (n.)) + paideia "education, child-rearing," from pais (genitive paidos) "child" (see pedo-). 

cyclone ['saɪklon] n. 旋风；[气象] 气旋；飓风

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☉拆: cycl(circle)+one(thing物, 风) -> wind in a circle圆环状的风 -> 龙卷风

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cyclonic [saɪ'klɑnɪk] adj. [气象] 气旋的；飓风的

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• cyclone (n.)

• 1848, coined by British East India Company official Henry Piddington to describe the devastating storm of December 1789 in Coringa, India; irregularly formed from Greek kyklon "moving in a circle, whirling around," present participle of kykloun "move in a circle, whirl," from kyklos"circle" (see cycle (n.)). Applied to tornados from 1856

hemicycle ['hɛmə,saɪkl] n. 半圆形；半圆形的斗技场；半圆形建筑

☉拆: hemi(half)+cycl(circle)+e -> half circle半个圆 -> 半圆形

tetracycline [,tɛtrə'saɪklɪn] n. [药] 四环素（抗生素的一种）

☉拆: tetra(four)+cycl(circle 圆) + ine(medicine药) -> 四环素

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• tetracycline (n.)

• 1952, with chemical suffix -ine (2) + tetracyclic "containing four fused hydrocarbon rings," from tetra- + cyclic (see cycle (n.))

cyclopean [sai'kləupjən] adj. 巨大的；巨石式的 n. 乱石堆

☉拆: cyclop(s)(古希腊神话中的独眼巨人"库克罗普斯")+ean(adj后缀) -> 独眼巨人的, 后指 巨大的; 巨石式的(建筑)

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• cyclopean (adj.)

• 1640s, from Latin cyclopeus, from Greek kyklopeios, from kyklopes (see cyclops)

壹 句

The calm of solitude will be replaced by the pounding pace of the human race.

而独处的宁静也会被人们急促的步伐而替代

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