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 loop /ˈlup/
 循環環,圈,彎曲部分(vt.)使成環,以圈結,以環連結(vi.)打環,翻觔斗

 loop /ˈlup/ 名詞
 環,袢,翅韁環,腕環,接種環,回路,回線

 loop
 循環

 loop
 迴路

 loop
 開環路

 loop
 帶環儲存

 loop
 迴路 環

 Loop n.  Iron Works A mass of iron in a pasty condition gathered into a ball for the tilt hammer or rolls. [Written also loup.]

 Loop, n.
 1. A fold or doubling of a thread, cord, rope, etc., through which another thread, cord, etc., can be passed, or which a hook can be hooked into; an eye, as of metal; a staple; a noose; a bight.
 That the probation bear no hinge, nor loop
 To hang a doubt on.   --Shak.
 2. A small, narrow opening; a loophole.
 And stop all sight-holes, every loop from whence
 The eye of Reason may pry in upon us.   --Shak.
 3. A curve of any kind in the form of a loop.
 4. Telegraphy A wire forming part of a main circuit and returning to the point from which it starts.
 5. Acoustics The portion of a vibrating string, air column, etc., between two nodes; -- called also ventral segment.
 Loop knot, a single knot tied in a doubled cord, etc. so as to leave a loop beyond the knot. See Illust. of Knot.

 Loop v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looped p. pr. & vb. n. Looping.] To make a loop of or in; to fasten with a loop or loops; -- often with up; as, to loop a string; to loop up a curtain.
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 loop
      n 1: fastener consisting of a metal ring for lining a small hole
           to permit the attachment of cords or lines [syn: cringle,
            eyelet, grommet, grummet]
      2: anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that
         is closed and does not intersect itself)
      3: (computer science) a single execution of a set of
         instructions that are to be repeated; "the solution took
         hundreds of iterations" [syn: iteration]
      4: an inner circle of advisors (especially under President
         Reagan); "he's no longer in the loop"
      5: the basic pattern of the human fingerprint
      6: a computer program that performs a series of instructions
         repeatedly until some specified condition is satisfied
      7: the topology of a network whose components are connected in
         a loop [syn: loop topology]
      8: an intrauterine device in the shape of a loop
      9: a complete electrical circuit around which current flows or
         a signal circulates [syn: closed circuit] [ant: open
         circuit]
      10: a flight maneuver; aircraft flies a complete circle in the
          vertical plane [syn: loop-the-loop]
      v 1: move in loops; "The bicycle looped around the tree"
      2: make a loop in; "loop a rope" [syn: intertwine]
      3: fly loops, perform a loop; "the stunt pilot looped his
         plane"
      4: wind around something in coils or loops [syn: coil, curl]
         [ant: uncoil]
      5: fasten or join with a loop; "He looped the watch through his
         belt"

 Loop
    a knotted "eye" of cord, corresponding to the "taches" or knobs
    in the edges of the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them
    into a continuous circuit, fifty to a curtain (Ex. 26:4, 5, 10,
    11).