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单词 surrounding
释义
surroundingsur‧round‧ing /səˈraʊndɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective [only before noun] Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • Anders spent the afternoon hiking in the surrounding hills.
  • the surrounding villages
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Amplification of this energy promotes fertilization of the surrounding area via underground water-courses.
  • At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole.
  • Collins L.J. also rejected the argument that surrounding circumstances qualified the primafacie meaning of the document.
  • More than enough, one would have thought, to cater for the surrounding levels.
  • Most of them simply release their eggs and sperm and rely on the surrounding water to bring them together.
  • Parents in the surrounding towns have been targeted.
  • Teesside Operations has no data to indicate that Wilton operations is the cause of any ill health in the surrounding community.
  • The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.
Thesaurus
Longman Language Activatorthe area around a building or place
the objects, buildings, natural things etc that are around a building, around the place where you live, work etc: · The house is set in beautiful surroundings near Lake Coniston.· The mountaintop provides a spectacular view of Innsbruck and its surroundings.· It took me a few weeks to get used to my new surroundings.
the area around a building, street, city etc: · The city is not very attractive, but the surrounding area is lovely.· Police are still searching the town and surrounding areas for the child.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Troops sealed off the surrounding area.
 We decided to explore the surrounding countryside.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(=the area around a place)· The tourist office will have a map of the surrounding area.
· Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident.
(=comfortable things around you)· Relax in the comfortable surroundings of the hotel.
 The department provides a congenial atmosphere for research.
· Both the town and the surrounding countryside are worth exploring.
(=in the area around or next to something)· The market attracts farmers from the surrounding district.
 You can dine in elegant surroundings.
(=the events that are closely related to a situation)· The events surrounding her death remain a mystery.
 It was a relief to be back in familiar surroundings.
 If you want old-world tradition in an idyllic setting, this is the hotel for you.
· This chapter discusses the ethical issues surrounding genetically modified foods.
· Research has unravelled much of the mystery surrounding the ageing process.
(=relating to something)· the myths surrounding rural life
· They had tried to protect the prime minster from the scandal surrounding the arms sales.
(=relating to something)· John's work did much to remove the taboo surrounding the disease.
 She stood on deck to gaze at the unfamiliar surroundings.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· After the explosion, about 500 consumers in the surrounding area were without power for an hour.· The heat also produced up to a kilogram of lethal dioxin, some of which still contaminates the surrounding area.· But there was resentment also at the lack of industrial development in the city and its surrounding areas.· The development of the zones has had implications for surrounding areas.· A lot of landscaping work is also done on the surrounding area to encourage walkers to follow the path.· On the Tuesday our proper visits began to the surrounding area.
· The police searched surrounding buildings and then asked some staff to return to shops and begin their own search.· It rose higher than the surrounding buildings and it was lit by clerestory windows below roof level.· I suddenly realized that the surrounding buildings were full of soldiers - and then the shooting began.
· Collins L.J. also rejected the argument that surrounding circumstances qualified the primafacie meaning of the document.· Because I knew all the surrounding circumstances.· The jury should answer this by drawing inferences from the evidence in the case and from the surrounding circumstances.· In short, everything depends upon the seriousness of the particular incident in question and upon the significance of the surrounding circumstances.· Is there anything in the surrounding circumstances which would rebut the primafacie meaning of the agreement?· It was a question of a different sort of climate, different surrounding circumstances.· It must not be construed in isolation, but in context, including replies to enquiries before contract and the surrounding circumstances.
· The local Station served the surrounding community and carried a fair amount of passenger and freight traffic.· Teesside Operations has no data to indicate that Wilton operations is the cause of any ill health in the surrounding community.· Such houses were well integrated into the surrounding community, and rested on a solid basis of craft-work, commerce and trade.· The eleven staff, headed by principal advisor, Debbie Dean, also provide a service for the surrounding community.
· Today, these ancient tribal lands have been absorbed into the surrounding countries.· At this time also the surrounding country was exposed to periglacial activity.· From the top of the tower she could survey the whole of the surrounding country.· The markets are well supplied with agricultural produce, and with linens and yarns from the surrounding country.· A rock body emplaced in the surrounding country rock in this way is called an intrusion or, alternatively, a pluton.· The CameraObscura at the top of the Tower provides fascinating table-top views of the city and surrounding country.
· The surrounding countryside offers plenty of creative scope, and so these trips are welcomed by the landscape enthusiasts in the group.· This meant that the cities which ultimately grew up within this rural society were of a different character from the surrounding countryside.· Towns, therefore, were coming to assume greater importance as places of defence and refuge for the surrounding countryside.· We enjoyed walking and playing in the surrounding countryside.· After a while the Feldgendarmen left without searching the surrounding countryside.· The surrounding countryside is very pretty, with the South Downs attracting many walkers.· Thus the sphere of influence of Tyneside spreads far out into the surrounding countryside and along the coast.
· About 30 horses have been attacked over the last 18 months in Hampshire and surrounding counties.· But the Detroit metropolitan area, comprising various cities in three surrounding counties, already has regional governmental authorities.
· He found it difficult to reconcile the opulence he had just witnessed with the poverty of some of the surrounding districts.· Residents of the surrounding district were warned to stay indoors.
· Although parts were scattered over the surrounding fields, the main body of the plane had landed in one piece.· At the same time he set his troops to ravage the surrounding fields and vineyards.· In the surrounding fields, men and women harvest maize, sorghum and groundnuts.· But established towns too were advancing over the surrounding fields.
· Yet in the course of logging over half the surrounding forest is severely damaged.· But fears abound that the dams will actually increase floods or at least their effects, by destroying the protective surrounding forests.· Being on the top floor with its breathtaking view of the surrounding forest was one of the job's many perks.· Middenheim stands atop a sheer-sided pinnacle of rock that rises out of the surrounding forest.
· The spacious, airy rooms have exhilarating views of the surrounding hills and dales.· Most bedrooms also have gorgeous views of the surrounding hills.· The surrounding hills are reflected in the position of the figurative elements; the geometric parts mirror the life of the building.· It stretched over several hectares of land, its one-storied buildings lying bland and soulless under the surrounding hills.· Away in the distance, tucked between a fold in the surrounding hills, was home.· The refugees have stripped the surrounding hills almost bare, and spend much of their time collecting branches.· I thought we might take a tour round the surrounding hills and make sure there were no hidden surprises.
· Alongside the villages with their surrounding lands there were small hamlets and isolated farmsteads.· The family also owned surrounding land that, up to the mid-1960s, supplied the barley used.· A large amount of the surrounding land has recently been made into a golf course.
· The village has good and inexpensive road and rail connections, making it easy to explore the surrounding region.· He believes that the jets come from areas where material is evaporating from the surface more slowly than in surrounding regions.· The literary sources for contact between Francia and surrounding regions do not allow more detailed understanding than archaeological sources.· Much of this income is from the surrounding region or other parts of the same country.· Some people would like to see load-shedding trigger a sweeping change in New York's whole relationship with the surrounding region.
· These lie in the surrounding tissues.· During an ectopic pregnancy, the foetus damages or ruptures surrounding tissue as it grows, which causes abdominal pain.· This makes them useful for destroying tumours while leaving surrounding tissue unharmed.· During this migration they receive signals from the surrounding tissues which directs them along the appropriate developmental pathway.· This fibrous layer stops any chemical or biological bonding between the implant and the surrounding tissue.
· Parents in the surrounding towns have been targeted.· Their work-force was then drawn from surrounding towns, villages and farms up to a radius of 30 miles.· So, many of the migrant mechanics and artisans found housing in surrounding towns and villages.
· At Barwick the new garlands are taken round the surrounding villages and a collection made before they are attached to the maypole.· Of these about 40 lived in hutted accommodation adjacent to the works, whilst the remainder lived in lodgings in the surrounding villages.· More than £3,500 worth of bikes have been taken from garages in Darlington and surrounding villages.· Today's tourists naturally make for Dorchester and its surrounding villages.· She did quite a wholesale trade with pedlars who used to retail the goods door to door in the surrounding villages.· Upstairs, the loft houses a museum of the Manor and surrounding village of Sulgrave.· Here they met processions from surrounding villages for a joint service with all the local denominations represented.
· With all reputable glues the joint, when properly made, is stronger than the surrounding wood.· If you find pegged tenons, the next stage is to drill out the pegs without damaging the surrounding wood.· Winding paths lead into the surrounding woods, which in autumn are a riot of russet and gold.· He also planted trees in the surrounding woods and countryside, so there is nothing new in tree planting schemes.
Word family
WORD FAMILYnounsurroundingssurroundadjectivesurroundingverbsurround
near or around a particular place SYN  nearby:  Troops sealed off the surrounding area. We decided to explore the surrounding countryside.
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