圈quān

Ⅰ ❶ (环形； 环形物) circle; ring: 包围 ～ ring of encirclement; encirclement; 北极 [南极] ～ the Arctic [Antarctic] Circle; 画个 ～ 儿 draw a circle; 绕跑道跑两 ～ run around the track twice; 站[坐] 成一 ～ stand [sit] in a ring; 大家手拉着手， 围成一个 ～。 All joined hands and formed a ring. 我到外面转了一 ～。 I've been out for a walk.
❷ （一定的范围） circle; group: 他不是 ～ 里人。 He doesn't belong to the inner circle.; He's not on the inside. 这话说得出 ～ 儿了。 That's really going too far. Ⅱ  ❶ (在四周加上限制； 围) enclose; encircle: 用篱笆把菜园 ～ 起来 enclose the vegetable garden with a fence
❷ （画圈做记号） mark with a circle: 把那个错字 ～ 了。 Mark the wrong word with a circle.
另见 see also juān; juàn。
◆圈闭 {石油} entrapment; trap; 圈代数 loop algebra; 圈点 punctuate; mark words and phrases for special attention with dots or small circles; 圈基 cycle basis; 圈梁 {建} gird; ring beam; girth; periphery beam; 圈拢 [方] unite; rally; draw in; rope sb. in; 圈套 snare; trap; springe; 圈椅 round-backed armchair; 圈阅 make a circle round one's name listed on a document after reading it; make a circle round one's name on a document submitted for approval to show that one has read it; tick off one's name listed on a circular, notice, etc. after reading it; 圈子 circle; ring