| 单词 | encircle |
| 释义 | encircle (once / 787 pages) v To encircle is to surround, or to make a circle around. On the last night of summer camp, the counselors and campers traditionally encircle the campfire and sing songs. Prisons are encircled by barbed wire fences, and hot, damp pavement encircles most public swimming pools. When you hug your little sister, you encircle her with your arms. If your tomato plants are growing too tall and flopping over, you should encircle them with twine to hold them up. Encircle adds the prefix en-, "make or put in" to circle, from its Latin root circus, or "ring." WORD FAMILYencircle: encircled, encirclement, encircles, encircling+/circle: circled, circles, circlet, circling, circular, encircle, semicircle/circlet: circlets/circular: circularise, circularity, circularize, circularly, circulars, circulate/circularise: circularisation, circularised, circularises, circularising/circularity: circularities/circularize: circularization, circularized, circularizing/circulate: circulated, circulates, circulating, circulation, circulative, circulatory/circulation: circulations, recirculation/encirclement: encirclements/encircling: encirclingly/semicircle: semicircles, semicircular/semicircular: semicircularly USAGE EXAMPLESWith most of its cities encircled by landfill, rapidly urbanizing China is also struggling to deal with growing amounts of waste. Reuters(Dec 25, 2016) Newly recruited Syrian Arab militia fighters, allied with experienced Kurdish fighters, are encircling Raqqa. New York Times(Dec 25, 2016) The vaccine opens up new, faster, more efficient ways to encircle and strangle the virus. New York Times(Dec 22, 2016) 1v form a circle around encircle the errors Syn|Hyper circle form, shape give shape or form to 2v bind with something round or circular Syn|Hypo|Hyper gird hoop bind or fasten with a hoop bind make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope |
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