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单词 embower
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Definition of embower in English:

embower

verb ɛmˈbaʊəɪmˈbaʊəəmˈbou(ə)r
[with object]literary
  • Surround or shelter (a place or a person), especially with trees or climbing plants.

    the house stood remote, embowered in trees
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vast tombs, embowered beneath the weeping willow and the fir tree, told of the antiquities of the Lloyd family, as well as of their wealth.
    • There they sit, the two old friends, embowered in the snugness of their first-floor rooms.
    • You'll find it painted pink, like a rare orchid embowered by its own green leaves.

Rhymes

bower, cower, devour, dower, empower, endower, flour, flower, gaur, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower
 
 

Definition of embower in US English:

embower

verbəmˈbou(ə)r
[with object]usually be emboweredliterary
  • Surround or shelter (a place or a person), especially with trees or climbing plants.

    the house stood remote, embowered in trees
    Example sentencesExamples
    • There they sit, the two old friends, embowered in the snugness of their first-floor rooms.
    • You'll find it painted pink, like a rare orchid embowered by its own green leaves.
    • Vast tombs, embowered beneath the weeping willow and the fir tree, told of the antiquities of the Lloyd family, as well as of their wealth.
 
 
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