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

• 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。
• 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 forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail
  监狱周围有一圈40英尺高的混凝土墙。
• With China's rising, the encircle side of America's geostrategy towards China appears notable from time to time.
  随着中国崛起，美国对华地缘战略中围堵的一面时时显现。
• During the night-morning the coalition units continued to encircle the city from west and east.
  在晚上早上期间联盟单位继续了围绕从西方和东方的城市。
• 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。
• This is the parents of Mianyang encircle the results of trouble!
  这是绵阳的家长围起来闹事的结果！
• 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。
• Behind and before you encircle me and rest your hand upon me.
  你将我的前后包围，用你的手将我荫庇。
• The energy will encircle the globe and effect each of you.
  能量将环绕地球并影响到其上的你们每一个人。