| 单词 | encase |
| 释义 | encase (once / 3384 pages) v To encase something is to cover it or close it off, as if you were putting it in a shell, a coating, or a box. Some cheesemakers encase each wheel of cheese in wax. When you're packing your lunch, you might encase a brownie in wax paper, or encase a sandwich in a plastic container. A hug can encase you in warmth and affection, and the dark can even seem to encase you on a moonless night in the country. Encase combines the prefix en-, "make" or "put in," and case, "container" or "receptacle," from the Latin root capsa, "box." WORD FAMILYencase: encased, encasement, encases, encasing+/case: cased, caseful, cases, casing, encase, uncase/casing: casings/encasement: encasements/uncase: uncased, uncases, uncasing USAGE EXAMPLESThe Jack Russell was sedated and vets spent 45 minutes removing the "rock hard" paste encasing the dog's teeth. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) In Mather Brown’s depiction, he’s all bouffant wig and ruffles, encased, it would seem, in an elitist bubble. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) A cube-shaped, see-through facade that encases the orb serves as a visual hymn to the European Union’s motto, “United in diversity,” Mr. Samyn said. New York Times(Dec 27, 2016) v enclose in, or as if in, a case my feet were encased in mud Syn|Hypo|Hyper case, incase pack arrange in a container box, packageput into a box sackput in a sack crateput into a crate; as for protection containerise, containerizepackage in a container bagput into a bag bundle, bundle up, roll upmake into a bundle stowfill by packing tightly close in, enclose, inclose, shut in surround completely |
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