circuit

回路、電気回路

電気が流れるようにつながった道筋。通常、機器を動かすためのもの。

やさしい英語で： A connected path through which electricity can flow, usually to make a device work.

• The battery powers the circuit.
• Opening the switch breaks the circuit.
• The device contains several small electrical circuits.

類義語： electrical circuit

よく使う表現： electric circuit, circuit board, complete a circuit, break the circuit

周回路、一周

出発点に戻る道、またはその道を一周すること。

やさしい英語で： A route around a place that brings you back to where you started, or one journey along it.

• We ran one circuit of the park.
• The racing circuit has several sharp bends.
• She completed three circuits before stopping to rest.

使い方： a circuit of something (We walked a circuit of the lake.)

類義語： loop, lap, round

よく使う表現： complete a circuit, race circuit, circuit of something