encircle

英 [ɪnˈsɜːkl]

美 [ɪnˈsɜːrkl]

v.  环绕; 围绕; 包围

过去式：encircled　现在分词：encircling　过去分词：encircled　第三人称单数：encircles　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.12255 / COCA.10550

牛津词典

verb

• 环绕；围绕；包围
  to surround sb/sth completely in a circle
  1. Jack's arms encircled her waist.
     杰克的双臂搂着她的腰。
  2. The island is encircled by a coral reef.
     这个岛周围都是珊瑚礁。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 包围;环绕
  Toencirclesomething or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them.
  1. A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail...
     监狱周围有一圈40英尺高的混凝土墙。
  2. By 22nd November the Sixth Army was encircled.
     到11月22日，第六军被包围了。

英英释义

verb

• bind with something round or circular
  Synonym:gird
• form a circle around
  1. encircle the errors
  Synonym:circle

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