time loop
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtaɪm ˌluːp/ us/ˈtaɪm ˌluːp/ (also temporal loop)
（书或电影）时空循环，时环效应
in books and films, a situation in which a period of time is repeated, sometimes several times, so that the characters have to live through a series of events again
In the movie Groundhog Day, Bill Murray finds himself trapped in a time loop in a small town, condemned to repeat the same day's pattern of events over and over. 在电影《土拨鼠日》中，比尔•默里发现自己被困在一个小镇的时空循环中，注定要一遍又一遍地重复同一天的事件。
The novel’s temporal loops and flashbacks can easily make you disorientated. 小说中的时间循环和倒叙很容易让你迷失。
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- If you watch a lot of Star Trek spinoffs, you're no stranger to time loops, temporal fluxes, and the rippling consequences of chance.
- Three men drinking in their local pub discover they're trapped in a time loop in this offbeat British sci-fi comedy.
- Storylines move backwards and forwards or start to go round and round in something Doctor Who might describe as a "temporal loop".