crop circle

基本解釋

n. 麥田里的怪圈（指在麥田里發(fā)現(xiàn)的沒(méi)有麥子的奇怪圓環(huán)，目前尚沒(méi)有科學(xué)的解釋?zhuān)?/li>

In fact, crop circles only date back about 30 years.
事實(shí)上，麥田怪圈的歷史僅追溯到30年前。
He said the centre's researchers were analysing 150 crop circles from around the world, which they believe answer the questions.
他說(shuō)，中心研究人員正在分析世界各地150個(gè)麥田怪圈，他們認(rèn)為這些麥圈回答了這些問(wèn)題。
Crop circles are not normal occurrences, they do not fit in too well with our usual beliefs. This of course is not to everyone's liking - it is not easy to face the unknown.
麥田怪圈的出現(xiàn)并不尋常，它的出現(xiàn)給我們?nèi)粘５挠^念帶來(lái)了沖擊，當(dāng)然并不是所有人都會(huì)欣喜，面對(duì)未知事物絕非易事。

First come the crop circles, then glimpses of green men—none too little, by the look of them—vanishing into the corn.
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He had a strong interest in crop circles, paranormal activity, and UFOs.
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No reference to crop circles during the show.
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an area in a field of crops where the crops have been made flat in a regular pattern, often a circle or series of circles, which people sometimes believe has been done by aliens (= creatures from a different planet)

any of various patterns, usually wholly or partly consisting of ring shapes, formed by the unexplained flattening of cereals growing in a field