encircle

英 [ɪnˈsɜːkl]

美 [ɪnˈsɜːrkl]

v.  环绕; 围绕; 包围

过去式：encircled　现在分词：encircling　过去分词：encircled　第三人称单数：encircles　

TEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.12255 / COCA.10550

牛津词典

verb

• 环绕；围绕；包围
  to surround sb/sth completely in a circle
  1. Jack's arms encircled her waist.
     杰克的双臂搂着她的腰。
  2. The island is encircled by a coral reef.
     这个岛周围都是珊瑚礁。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 包围;环绕
  Toencirclesomething or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go round them.
  1. A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail...
     监狱周围有一圈40英尺高的混凝土墙。
  2. By 22nd November the Sixth Army was encircled.
     到11月22日，第六军被包围了。

英英释义

verb

• bind with something round or circular
  Synonym:gird
• form a circle around
  1. encircle the errors
  Synonym:circle

双语例句

• Many bulls surround me; strong bulls of Bashan encircle me.
  有许多公牛围绕我，巴珊大力的公牛四面困住我。
• We should encircle the enemy forces completely and let none escape from the net.
  我们应该四面包围敌人不使一人漏网。
• The hills encircle Jinan and just leave an openning in the north of Jinan.
  小山整把济南围了个圈儿，只有北边缺着点口儿。
• Opposition units now encircle the regime-controlled city center, cutting off further reinforcements from Damascus.
  如今，反对派已经包围了政府控制的市中心，切断了来自大马士革的后续增援。
• We know the statistics and the ominous trends that now encircle the globe.
  对于这些数据和当下笼罩全球的不祥趋势，我们都了然于心。
• A similar system is used to contact the communications satellites that now continually encircle the earth.
  人们正把同样的系统用来与目前绕地球飞行的通讯卫星保持联系。
• If we take the chickens, slaughtered daily, and place them wing to wing, they would encircle the Earth's equator more than two times!
  如果我们把每天屠宰的鸡从翅膀到翅膀连接起来，可以围绕地球赤道两周还多！
• A belief in God, and trust in his providence, began to encircle his heart.
  皈依上帝，信赖上天的保佑这种念头开始萦绕在他心头。
• Do not encircle the scabbard with your fingers while drawing out your khukuri.
  不要在拔刀的时候用手指整个的握住刀鞘。
• It's seen in the width of his arms that encircle and protect you.
  一个男人的力量不是由他肩膀的宽度来判断，而是那环绕保护你的双臂。