柯林斯詞典Carnot cycle 1. N an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state 卡諾循環(huán); 一種理想的可逆式熱力發(fā)動機體系,能發(fā)揮最高效能,在經(jīng)歷四個過程后回到最初的狀態(tài) 返回 Carnot cycle