一周

いっしゅう【一周】

*lap

〖C〗〔競技〕(走路の)1周

enter ［reach］ the last lap 最後の1周に入る.

¶ → 世界一周

¶～400mのトラック

a track four hundred meters in circuit

¶その池は～5マイルです

The circumference of the pond is 5 miles. ; The pond is 5 miles in circumference.

◇ → 一周する

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いっしゅう【一周】

〔ひとめぐり〕 one [a] round [circuit]; (競技場の) a lap; 〔就航〕 a circumnavigation; 〔一巡〕 a revolution.

～する make a round [circuit] 《of…》; go [walk, travel] round; 〔船で〕 sail round; circumnavigate 《the globe》; 〔一巡する〕 revolve; make a revolution.

●彼女は 1 年かけて地球を一周してきた. She spent a year traveling around [girdling, encircling, circumnavigating] the globe [world].

・セスナで上空を一周した. I circled overhead in a Cessna.

・優勝者は国旗を掲げて場内を一周した. The winner made a circuit of the track carrying her country's flag.

・あの山麓を一周するのに 1 日かかった. It took us a day to walk around the base of that mountain.

・この夏伊豆七島を一周した. I traveled around the Seven Islands of Izu this summer.

・地球は 1 年で太陽を一周する. It takes the earth one year to make one revolution around the sun.

・島を一周する道路が完成した. A highway that goes around [circles] the whole island has been completed.

●(競走で相手を)一周(以上)抜く lap sb.

●最後の一周で彼はトップに出た. He took the lead on the last lap.

●このサーキットは一周5 キロだ. This circuit is five kilometers in length.

世界一周

●世界一周旅行 an around-the-world trip; a tour [trip] around the world; globe-trotting

・世界一周航海 a circumnavigation of the globe.