cir‧cuit W3 / sɜkət, sɜkɪt $ sɜr- / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a path that forms a circle around an area, or a journey along this path :

We did a circuit of the old city.

2 British English a track that cars, motorbike s etc race around

3 the tennis/lecture/cabaret etc circuit all the places that are usually visited by someone who plays tennis etc :

a well-known entertainer on the club circuit

4 the complete circle that an electric current travels :

an electrical circuit

5 a regular trip around an area made by a judge or a religious leader, so that a court of law or church can meet in several different places :

a circuit judge

a circuit preacher

6 do circuits British English informal to do circuit training

→ closed circuit television , printed circuit , short circuit