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cir·ca /ˈsɜːkə $ ˈsɜːr-/ preposition formal APPROXIMATELYused before a date to show that something happened close to but not exactly on that date 大约,左右〔用于日期前〕 SYN around manuscripts dating from circa 1100 写于约公元 1100 年的手稿► see thesaurus at approximateExamples from the Corpuscirca• The manuscripts date from circa 1100 B.C.• a Robert Adam mansion, built circa 1778• The picture shows Tsar Nicholas, circa 1914.Origin circa (1800-1900) Latin circum; CIRCUM-cir·ca prepositionChineseSyllable show before that something a Corpus date used to |