| 单词 | wreathe |
| 释义 | wreathe[ reeth ] / rið / SEE SYNONYMS FOR wreathe ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreath·en; wreath·ing.to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath. to form as a wreath by twisting or twining. to surround in curving or curling masses or form. to envelop: a face wreathed in smiles. verb (used without object), wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreath·en; wreath·ing.to take the form of a wreath or wreaths. to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke. Origin of wreathe1520–30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of wreath, partly back formation from wrethen, obsolete past participle of writhe OTHER WORDS FROM wreathewreather, nounin·ter·wreathe, verb, in·ter·wreathed, in·ter·wreath·ing.WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH wreathewraith, wreath, wreathe , writheWords nearby wreathewrathful, wrathy, wreak, wreak havoc, wreath, wreathe, wreathed column, wreathy, wreck, wreckage, wrecked Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for wreatheBritish Dictionary definitions for wreathewreathe / (riːð) / verbto form into or take the form of a wreath by intertwining or twisting together (tr) to decorate, crown, or encircle with wreaths to move or cause to move in a twisting waysmoke wreathed up to the ceiling Word Origin for wreatheC16: perhaps back formation from wrēthen, from Old English writhen, past participle of wrīthan to writhe; see wreath Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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