crop circle

基本解釋

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，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