单词 | arround |
释义 | † arroundv. Obsolete. transitive. To go round (something); to enclose, surround, or encircle.The exact sense of quot. 1780 is unclear; it may be intended in the sense of the original French arrondis ‘made round, rounded’. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > cause to flow [verb (transitive)] > round arround1602 1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. vii. ix. 178 Ioabs Esquires arrounding [Fr. entourerent; L. circumsistentes] the tree tooke him [sc. Absalon] downe, and casting him into a deepe and obscure pit, they ouerwhelmed him with stones. 1638 T. Hawkins tr. Horace Odes (ed. 4) i. vii. 7 Orchard-grounds, Moystned with gliding brooke which it arrounds [L. uda mobilibus pomaria riuis]. 1652 B. Holyday tr. Horace Odes i. xxxi. 8 The grounds, Which silent Lyris, with soft streames arrounds [L. quae Liris quieta mordet aqua taciturnus amnis]. 1780 tr. Voltaire Maid of Orleans i. 7 Two separate orbs, that never cease to move, And pant arrounded by the hand of love [Fr. arrondis par l'amour]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < v.1602 |
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