| 释义 |
enwall, inwall, v.|ɛn-, ɪnˈwɔːl|
[f. en-, in- + wall.]
trans. a. To enclose within a wall; also transf. and fig. b. To serve as a wall to.
1523Skelton Garl. Laurel (Dyce) 569 A felde..Enwallyd aboute with the stony flint. 1580C'tess Pembroke Ps. lxxviii, Heaped waves an uncouth way enwall. 1596Spenser State Irel. Wks. (1862) 543/2 They would bee able with little to in-wall themselves strongly. 1601Daniel Epistles Wks. (1717) 356 In-wall'd within a living Tomb. 1610G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. lvi,His Court with glitterant pearle was all enwall'd. 1627Speed England xxxiv. §8 The close [was] inwalled by Bishop Langton. 1864Blackfriars I. 32 The extent of ground thus enwalled. 1879Cornh. Mag. Jan. 43 London was inwalled in the year 306 a.d.
Hence enˈwalling ppl. a.
1647H. More Song of Soul i. iii. xxxi, And strong Pantheotheus inwalling might. |