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a bicycle or motorcycle 自行車；摩托車 
He was riding his cycle home when he was hit by a lorry. 他正騎着自行車回家，突然被一輛卡車撞了。 We went for a cycle ride on Sunday. 我們星期天騎自行車去兜風了。 - on a cycle
Lots of people arrived in cars or on cycles. 許多人乘車或騎自行車到達。 - by cycle
They completed their journey by cycle. 他們騎自行車完成了旅程。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- motor
- pedal
- ride
- ride
- helmet
- lane
- …
- cycle (of something)
the fact of a series of events being repeated many times, always in the same order 循環 Every business goes through cycles. 每項業務都會經歷周期。 - cycle of something
the cycle of the seasons 四季的循環 The argument is that reprisals simply perpetuate the cycle of violence. 理由是報複只會延續暴力循環。 They could not break the cycle of harvest failure, food shortage, price increase and misery. 他們無法打破歉收、糧食短缺、價格上漲和苦難的循環。 - in a cycle
Front runners generally establish themselves early in the election cycle. 領先者通常會在選舉周期的早期確立自己的地位。 The percentage of companies being downgraded was typical for this point in the economic cycle. 在經濟周期的這一點上，被降級的公司比例是典型的。 different phases of the cell cycle 細胞周期的不同階段
Extra ExamplesTopics Moneyb1, Biologyb1Life is a natural cycle, just like the changing seasons. 生命是自然的循環，就像四季更叠一樣。 Male and female adults mate, the female lays eggs, and the cycle begins all over again. 成年雄性和雌性交配，雌性産卵，周而複始。 The European market is simply going through an economic cycle. 歐洲市場不過是正在經歷一個經濟周期。 The number of young produced per breeding cycle varies from species to species. 單個生育周期所産的幼崽數量因物種不同而有所不同。 This cycle of events continually repeats itself. 這些事件循環往複，周而複始。 To complete the cycle, oxygen is necessary. 氧氣對於完成循環是必需的。 a diagram of the water cycle 水文循環示意圖 at this point in the cycle 在循環周期中的這一點 caught up in a vicious cycle of bingeing and dieting 陷入暴飲暴食和節食的惡性循環中 part of the cycle of birth and death 生死循環中的部份 the 76-year solar cycle 76 年的太陽周期 the annual cycle of church festivals 每年教會的節日周期 women with irregular menstrual cycles 月經不規律的婦女
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- daily
- monthly
- …
- follow
- go through
- complete
- …
- begin again
- continue
- repeat (itself)
- …
- length
- time
- in a/the cycle
- per cycle
- a cycle of abuse, poverty, violence, etc.
- part of the cycle (of something)
a complete set or series, for example of movements in a machine 整套，整個系列（如機器的運轉） eight cycles per second 每秒轉動八次 the rinse cycle (= in a washing machine) （洗衣機的）漂洗運轉過程
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- annual
- daily
- monthly
- …
- follow
- go through
- complete
- …
- begin again
- continue
- repeat (itself)
- …
- length
- time
- in a/the cycle
- per cycle
- a cycle of abuse, poverty, violence, etc.
- part of the cycle (of something)
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin cyclus, from Greek kuklos ‘circle’.