n.[C]

1. （線，鐵絲等繞成的）圈，環
   Wind the wire in loops and put it away in the toolshed.

   把鐵絲繞成圈圈，放到工具棚裡。

2. 環狀物；環路，環線；（河等的）彎曲處
   The road makes a wide loop around the lake.

   這條路沿湖繞一大圈。

3. 節育環[the S]
4. （鐵路）會車線
5. （特技飛行）筋斗，翻筋斗
6. 【電腦】循環，迴路

vt.

1. 把（繩等）打成環，使成圈
2. 用環扣住（或套住）；纏繞
   She looped the curtain up.

   她把簾子打環捲起。

   He looped the rope around the pole.

   他將繩子繞在柱子上。

3. 使（飛機）翻筋斗

vi.

1. 打環，成圈
   The path loops around the pond.

   這條小路沿池塘繞一圈。

2. （飛機）翻筋斗

n.

1. a shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.
   ▸a length of thread or similar material forming such a shape, used as a fastening or handle.
   ▸ (also loop line) Brit. a length of railway track which is connected at either end to the main line and on to which trains can be diverted.
   ▸ (also loop-the-loop) a manoeuvre in which an aircraft describes a vertical circle in the air.
   ▸Skating  a manoeuvre describing a loop, made on a single edge.
2. a structure, series, or process the end of which is connected to the beginning.
   ▸an endless strip of tape or film allowing continuous repetition.
   ▸a complete circuit for an electric current.
   ▸Computing  a programmed sequence of instructions that is repeated until or while a particular condition is satisfied.

v.

[名]

1. 節育環。