单词 | encircling |
释义 | encirclingn. The action of encircle v. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] girdingc1400 umbesetting1543 environing1586 engirting1599 circumtension1603 environment1603 cincture?1615 encompassing1629 encircling1632 begirding1641 circumsession1652 circumambience1720 circumscription1858 circumjacence1884 encirclement1919 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 265 About it [this chapel], I meane without the vtter sides of it, and the inward incirclings of the compassing Quiere, there are alwayes burning about fifty Lampes. 1836 Arnold Lett. (1844) II. viii. 48 An image..of the encircling of the everlasting arms. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). encirclingadj. That encircles. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [adjective] circumjacent1490 circumstant1545 circumvoisin1548 environing?a1560 encompassing1571 ambient1572 succingent1578 embracing1590 circling1594 girdling1598 circumdant1600 rounding1600 all round?1611 circumferent1620 circumsistent1625 circuiting1632 circulating1632 encircling1632 surrounding1637 begirting1645 circumambient1648 circumstantial1650 girding1658 skirtingc1735 entwining1737 circumadjacent1780 belting1808 engirdling1843 encyclic1850 engirding1852 zoning1853 roundaboutc1860 begirding1877 wraparound1957 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. 265 Within incircling bandes of pure Gold. 1633 P. Fletcher Purple Island v. xxxii. 54 The third..is like a grape, Which all entwines with his encircling side. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. i. 526 A realm defended with incircling seas. 1834 J. H. Newman in Brit. Mag. Feb. 153 Amid! the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) IV. xviii. 236 The minster looks down on the encircling stream of the Wear. 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule ix. 144 The blinding white of the encircling hills. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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