英语词汇“encircle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	encircle
释义	Trends of encircle View usage for: encircle (ɪnsɜːʳkəl) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense encircles, present participle encircling, past tense, past participle encircled verb To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them. A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail. [VERB noun] By 22nd November the Sixth Army was encircled. [VERB noun] Synonyms: surround, ring, circle, enclose More Synonyms of encircle encircle in British English (ɪnˈsɜːkəl) verb (transitive) to form a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround Derived forms encirclement (enˈcirclement) noun encircling (enˈcircling) adjective encircle in American English (ɛnˈsɜrkəl; ɪnˈsɜrkəl) verb transitiveWord forms: enˈcircled or enˈcircling 1. to make a circle around; enclose within a circle; surround 2. to move in a circle around Derived forms encirclement (enˈcirclement) noun Examples of 'encircle' in a sentence encircle The gun was dug in and encircled by a wall of sandbags. Davey, Ray Rev. & Cole, John A Channel of Peace (1993) His capital is encircled by rebels. Times, Sunday Times (2011) When Serbian tanks and fighters encircled the city, she was trapped outside. Times, Sunday Times (2011) But Aleppo is not an encircled city deep in Syria. Times, Sunday Times (2012) In other languages encircle British English: encircle VERB To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them. A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail. American English: encircle Brazilian Portuguese: circundar Chinese: 环绕 European Spanish: rodear French: entourer German: umgeben Italian: circondare Japanese: 取り囲む Korean: 에워싸다 European Portuguese: circundar Latin American Spanish: rodear (verb) in the sense of surround Definition to form a circle round A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail. Synonyms surround The church was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence. ring The area is ringed by troops. circle This is the ring road that circles the city. enclose The land was enclosed by an eight-foot wire fence. encompass Egypt is encompassed by the Mediterranean, Sudan, the Red Sea and Libya. compass The Christians fled when they saw the city being compassed with armies. envelop the thick black cloud of smoke that enveloped the area girdle The old town centre is girdled by a boulevard lined with trees. circumscribe hem in enfold Wood was comfortably enfolded in a woolly dressing-gown. environ gird in begird (poetic) enwreath Additional synonyms in the sense of circle Definition to enclose in a circle This is the ring road that circles the city. Synonyms go round, ring, surround, belt, curve, enclose, encompass, compass, envelop, encircle, circumscribe, hem in, gird, circumnavigate, enwreath in the sense of circumscribe Definition to draw a geometric figure around (another figure) so that the two are in contact but do not intersect Synonyms surround, bound, enclose, encompass, encircle, mark off, environ in the sense of compass The Christians fled when they saw the city being compassed with armies. Synonyms surround, invest (rare), enclose, blockade, encompass, besiege, beset, encircle, circumscribe, hem in, environ Synonyms of 'encircle' encircle Explore 'encircle' in the dictionary
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