单词 | wreathe |
释义 | wreathe transitive verb 1. a. < wreathing his hands — C.S.Forester > b. < their faces wreathed with pleasant social smiles — Margaret A. Barnes > 2. a. < daisies and buttercups wreathed into a garland > b. < muted violins wreathe a delicate countermelody — E.J.Stringham > c. < wreathed his legs about his stool > 3. < a poet's brow wreathed with laurel > < a high-waisted skirt … is wreathed with a black suede belt — New Yorker > < clouds wreathed the tallest pinnacles — G.W.Long > 4. obsolete 5. Scotland intransitive verb 1. < like the cobras they travel with head raised, and the body sways with a … wreathing movement — C.H.Curran & Carl Kauffeld > < smoke wreathing slowly from his short pipe — E.L.Thomas > 2. Synonyms: see wind |
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