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单词 engirdling
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engirdlingn.

Etymology: < engirdle v. + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: enˈgirdling.
The action of preceding vb.; concrete that which engirdles.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > encircling band or ring
sengilbondc1479
colletc1530
verge1573
engirdling1598
zone1605
girdlea1616
belting1676
belt1753
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Cingolo, a girdle or a garter, an engirdling.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

engirdlingadj.

/ɛnˈɡəːdlɪŋ/
Etymology: formed as engirdle v. + -ing suffix2.
That engirdles, surrounds, encloses.
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
1843 T. De Quincey Ceylon in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 627/1 The people of the engirdling zone are called the Cinghalese.
1855 M. F. Maury Physical Geogr. Sea xi. §512 Vapour rising up from the engirdling ocean.
1883 Knowledge 15 June 357/1 The protecting embrace of his [Saturn's] engirdling rings.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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