单词 | wreathe |
释义 | wreathe —wreather, n. /reedh/, v. , wreathed; wreathed or (Archaic) wreathen; wreathing. v.t. 1. to encircle or adorn with or as with a wreath. 2. to form as a wreath by twisting or twining. 3. to surround in curving or curling masses or form. 4. to envelop: a face wreathed in smiles. v.i. 5. to take the form of a wreath or wreaths. 6. to move in curving or curling masses, as smoke. [1520-30; earlier wrethe, partly v. use of WREATH, partly back formation from wrethen, obs. ptp. of WRITHE] |
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