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单词 embowering
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emboweringn.

/ɛmˈbaʊərɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as embower v. + -ing suffix1.
Enclosing, or sheltering in a bower. concrete. A bower-like retreat; in quot. 1882 figurative.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > other dwelling places > [noun] > secluded or retreat
nestling place1589
hermitage1648
burrow1650
eyrie1794
nookery1824
love nest1853
nest1865
embowering1882
1882 H. Caine Recoll. D. G. Rossetti 110 Whatever embowerings I had in my mind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

emboweringadj.

/ɛmˈbaʊərɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as embower v. + -ing suffix2.
That forms a bower; that surrounds as with a bower.
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > garden > division or part of garden > [adjective] > having arbours
pleached1600
arboured1610
bowery1713
boweringa1717
embowering1717
bowered1746
bower-enshaded1816
1717 T. Parnell tr. Homer's Battle Frogs & Mice i. 22 From Helicon's imbow'ring Height repair.
1792 S. Rogers Pleasures Mem. ii. 240 Imbowering shrubs with verdure veiled the sky.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth II. xiii. 333 Above the embowering and richly shaded woods.
1852 A. Jameson Legends Madonna 140 A most luxuriant landscape thick with imbowering trees.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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