单词 | envelop |
释义 | envelopv. 1. a. transitive. To wrap up in, or as in, a garment or outer covering. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] bewindOE writheOE windc1175 bewrap?c1225 lapa1300 umbelaya1300 umbeweave1338 wlappec1380 enwrapa1382 wrapa1382 inlap1382 envelop1386 forwrapc1386 hapc1390 umbeclapa1400 umbethonrea1400 umblaya1400 wapc1420 biwlappea1425 revolve?a1425 to roll up?a1425 roll?c1425 to roll ina1475 wimple1513 to wind up?1533 invest1548 circumvolve1607 awrap1609 weave1620 sheet1621 obvolve1623 embowdle1625 amict1657 wry1674 woold1775 overwrap1815 wrapper1885 wrapper1905 weve- 1386 G. Chaucer Pardoner's Tale 614 For he is most envoliped in synne. 1406 T. Hoccleve La Male Regle 245 If that yee been envolupid in cryme. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vii. ii. 67 With a grene branch of tre He dyd involup and aray his hed. 1650 J. Bulwer Anthropometamorphosis 93 Eares so large, that they invelope their whole bodies with them. 1809 N. Pinkney Trav. South of France 216 In digging a vault a body was discovered enveloped in a long robe. 1875 C. Lyell & L. Lyell Princ. Geol. (ed. 12) II. iii. xl. 377 They had been packed up in a box, and enveloped in cotton. b. To serve as a wrapping or case for. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > serve as a wrapping for fold1593 wrap?1611 envelopa1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) i. i. 32 Leauing his body as a Paradise, T'inuelop and containe Celestiall Spirits. View more context for this quotation 1737 R. Glover Leonidas vii. 264 The silken plumes Of sleep envelop his extended limbs. 1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xviii. 242 The cellular membrane, which envelopes the vessels of the spermatic chord. 1830 R. Knox tr. P. A. Béclard Elements Gen. Anat. 116 These membranes..were long confounded..with the organs which they envelope. 1834 H. McMurtrie tr. G. Cuvier Animal Kingdom (abridged ed.) 235 Their mantle unites under the body, forming a muscular sac which envelopes all the viscera. 1870 H. Macmillan Bible Teachings viii. 152 His body must be enveloped by the earth, as his soul is enveloped by the body. 2. To wrap, cover closely on all sides with a surrounding medium (e.g. clouds, darkness, flames, an atmosphere, etc.). Const. in, with. Also with the surrounding medium as subject. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > wrap [verb (transitive)] > enfold or envelop > in a surrounding medium belapc1175 take?a1300 wrapa1382 environa1393 enumberc1400 involvea1420 enfoldc1425 bewrapa1430 mantlec1450 envelop1474 enwrap1545 imply1590 circumvolve1607 circumfuse1608 becloaka1618 swathe1624 gird1645 wrap1656 velope1722 steep1798 bathe1816 cloak1818 impall1852 atmosphere1881 kirtle1888 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Aa3 Suddeinly a grosse fog ouer spred..And heauens chearefull face enueloped. a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) iv. ii. 72 The best, and wholsomst spirits of the night, Inuellop you, good Prouost. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Apol. in Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 503 Raies of light and glory envelop His Body. 1675 E. Cocker Morals 41 Our chearin Sun, our Glory and Delight, Are soon inveloped in shades of Night. 1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 70 A cloud of smoke envelops either host. 1763 S. Dunn in Philos. Trans. 1762 (Royal Soc.) 52 471 They are so invelloped in vapours, as to be undiscernible. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xvii. 716 Jove with storms Enveloped Ida. 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. I. 58 The azote which is disengaged, envelops the carbon. 1847 Illustr. London News 10 July 19/3 Mr. Huntley's property was enveloped in one broad sheet of flame. 1847 L. Hunt Jar of Honey (1848) ii. 15 One of these cliffs towers to such a height, that its summit is for ever enveloped in clouds. a. ‘To line; to cover on the inside’ (Johnson). ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vii. sig. Sv His yron cote all ouergrowne with rust, Was vnderneath enueloped with gold. b. Of a body of men: To surround. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > surround or lie around [verb (transitive)] > as people bitrumc1000 environc1384 compass1388 encompass1555 ringa1592 enclose1611 gird1671 envelop1683 1683 W. Temple Mem. in Wks. (1731) I. 388 The Prince of Orange..was at first envelop'd by his own flying Men. Derivatives enˈveloped adj.1 (in senses of the verb; in quot. figurative) enshrouded, darkened. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > wrapped > enfolded or enveloped mantleda1425 encovered1596 enwrapped1598 shrouded1600 enveloped1607 involved?1611 upwrapped1642 hooded1695 ingurgitated1851 1607 T. Walkington Optick Glasse 11 The inveloped and deformed night of ignorance. enˈveloper n. one who envelops or wraps up. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who enfolder1545 inwrapper1553 involucre1578 involument1578 burse1601 involvement1632 investment1646 involution1646 mantling1652 involucruma1676 tunicle1678 enveloping1693 envelope1715 enveloper1883 1883 E. Clodd in Knowledge 15 June 353/1 The rain-clouds are imprisoned in dungeons or caverns by Vritra the ‘Enveloper’. enˈveloping n. the action of envelop v.; also concrete a wrapping; an enclosing membrane. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > enfolding or enveloping > that which or one who enfolder1545 inwrapper1553 involucre1578 involument1578 burse1601 involvement1632 investment1646 involution1646 mantling1652 involucruma1676 tunicle1678 enveloping1693 envelope1715 enveloper1883 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [adjective] > enfolding or enveloping folden1435 folded1570 involving1611 investing1615 circumvolving1638 obsident1644 circumvolved1668 enfolding1669 investient1695 shrining1826 enveloping1828 enwrapping1850 scarfing1897 1693 J. Beaumont Considerations Theory of Earth i. 52 The envelopings also with which the Infant is encompast, being very thin. 1828 R. Knox tr. H. Cloquet Syst. Human Anat. 236 The Enveloping Aponeuroses vary much in their thickness. 1879 G. B. Prescott Speaking Telephone (new ed.) 133 Magnetization..impressed upon a soft iron rod by the action of an enveloping helix. 1882 S. H. Vines tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. (ed. 2) 702 Salts..present in solution in the enveloping strata of water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1386 |
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