Surround
[sə'raʊnd]
解释:
(verb.) extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle; 'The forest surrounds my property'.
整理:希欧多尔--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.
(v. t.) To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city.
(v. t.) To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate; as, to surround the world.
(v. t.) To inclose, as a body of troops, between hostile forces, so as to cut off means of communication or retreat; to invest, as a city.
(n.) A method of hunting some animals, as the buffalo, by surrounding a herd, and driving them over a precipice, into a ravine, etc.
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同义词及近义词:
v. a. [1]. Encircle, environ, encompass, enclose.[2]. (Mil.) Invest, besiege, lay siege to.
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同义词及反义词:
[See ENCIRCLE]
整理:米莉
解释:
v.t. to go round about; to encompass environ: to cut off from communication or retreat.—n. Surround′ing an encompassing: (pl.) things which surround external circumstances.
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例句:
- This, O this may be the last time that you will surround me thus! 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The green horde broke to surround the temple. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- And now we are near the spot; let us draw in and surround the cover and watch with all our eyes, lest justice should slip away and escape. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The scenes which now surround us, vast and sublime as they are, are not such as can best contribute to this work. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- The corruption of our hearts, the evil of our ways, the curse that is upon us, the terrors that surround us--these were the themes of my childhood. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- Another method of giving illuminating power to water gas was to surround the flame with platinum gauze, which was rendered incandescent by the heat, and became highly luminous. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The simplest and most effective means for doing this in the laboratory is to surround it with a vacuum. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- If they have surrounded the hollow it is that, Robert Jordan said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
- The spire of Evian shone under the woods that surrounded it, and the range of mountain above mountain by which it was overhung. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
- We would then have Lee so surrounded that his supplies would be cut off entirely, making it impossible for him to support his army. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- The next step is to reproduce, as nearly as we can, the domestic circumstances which surrounded you last year. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
- We found the ship in the river, surrounded by a crowd of boats; a favourable wind blowing; the signal for sailing at her mast-head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- He surrounded himself with an atmosphere of respectability, and walked secure in it. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- The entire community surrounded us, leaving a clear space about one hundred feet in diameter for our battle. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- It was very pretty to look at, but seemed to have the effect of rendering surrounding objects rather darker than before. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- Others, again, searched the surrounding trees for fruit, nuts, small birds, and eggs. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- When the trade had extended into all the surrounding counties, however, the new business needed another prime essential of industry--transportation facilities. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Suddenly he was sobered: a vacant space appeared near Miss de Bassompierre; the circle surrounding her seemed about to dissolve. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- This impression of my senses immediately conveys my thoughts to the person, along with all the surrounding objects. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
- Play tends to reproduce and affirm the crudities, as well as the excellencies, of surrounding adult life. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- Of all the sources of evil surrounding the former, since her coming to Highbury, she was persuaded that she must herself have been the worst. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- The heat of the food cannot escape through the non-conducting material which surrounds it, and hence remains in the food and slowly cooks it. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- Oh, sir, do you not think that you could help me, too, and at least throw a little light through the dense darkness which surrounds me? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- What we see and call the sky is the reflection of the sun’s rays on the belt of air that surrounds the earth. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Dorothea was not only his wife: she was a personification of that shallow world which surrounds the appreciated or desponding author. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- I am going to try, more than ever, to adapt myself as you wish to what surrounds me--for indeed I have tried all along, though I have failed, I know. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
- All that surrounds him hastens to decay; all declines and degenerates under his sceptre. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
- The fruit-wall frequently surrounds the kitchen garden, which thus enjoys the benefit of an inclosure which its own produce could seldom pay for. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
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