surroundingn.

Brit.

/səˈraʊndɪŋ/, U.S.

/səˈraʊndɪŋ/

Etymology: -ing suffix¹.

I. The action of surround v.

†1. Overflowing, inundation. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun]

streamc950

water floodOE

floodc1000

waterOE

diluvya1325

waterganga1325

flowinga1340

delugec1374

diluvec1386

Noah's floodc1390

overflowing1430

inundation1432

flowa1450

surrounding1449

over-drowninga1500

spate1513

float1523

drowning1539

ravine1545

alluvion1550

surundacion1552

watershot1567

overflow1589

ravage1611

inunding1628

surroundera1642

water breach1669

flooding1799

debacle1802

diluviation1816

deluging1824

superflux1830

whelm1842

come1862

floodage1862

sheet-flood1897

flash flooding1939

flash-flood1940

1449 in Fulman Rerum Anglic. Script. Vett. (1684) I. 524 Because of surundyng of waters.

1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) (new ed) Surrunding, or ouerflowing of water.

2. The fact of being around or encompassing. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.

II. That which surrounds.

3. plural. Those things which surround a person or thing, or in the midst of which he or it (habitually) is; things around (collectively); environment.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > environment, setting, or background

setting1841

scenics1842

background1854

milieu1854

environment1855

conditions1856

surroundings1861

medium1865

ambient1902

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment

circumstancea1340

encompassure1600

environry1600

vironry1600

attendment1646

circumambiency1646

ambience1648

environment1725

circumjacency1751

environ1762

environage1831

setting1841

enshrinement1849

entourage1850

milieu1854

surroundings1861

ambiente1862

mise-en-scène1871

surround1922

Umwelt1964

1861 Q. Rev. Oct. 471 We know more about Plutarch's personal history and surroundings [etc.].

1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. vi. i. 6 The place remained comparatively rural in point of size and surroundings.

1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) xii. i. 431 That which we are, is due to the accidents of our surroundings.

1884 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. (1885) iii. 81 My character..has not come out of the antecedents and surroundings according to any fixed law.

1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lxii. 294 We cannot blame him too severely if, in such an age and such surroundings, he had been stained by the vices in the midst of which he lived.

a. A number of persons standing around; a body of attendants; entourage.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > collective or company of

hirdiferec1275

train1541

yeomanryc1660

entourage1850

surrounding1877

surroundings1894

1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. ii. 22 The wealthiest peer in England did not..appear in public with a more princely surrounding.

1891 Daily News 22 Jan. 3/4 Their games were watched with much interest by a surrounding of Southerns.

b. plural. Persons surrounding or attending upon a person.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > collective or company of

hirdiferec1275

train1541

yeomanryc1660

entourage1850

surrounding1877

surroundings1894

1894 Daily News 31 Dec. I have now received particulars of the death from the immediate surroundings of the King.

1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 118 They lived on their estates and did their duty by their surroundings.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

surroundingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: suˈrrounding.

That surrounds.

1. That is (or are) around; encompassing, circumjacent.

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

1637 J. Milton Comus 14 And let a single helplesse mayden passe Vninjur'd in this wild surrounding wast.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 346 'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding Fires.

1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 11 The Bow'ry Mazes and surrounding Greens.

1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 156 Lord paramount of the surrounding plains.

1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 5 The beauty of the surrounding scene.

1806 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 3) 197 Serve up in a deep dish, with the surrounding sauce.

1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 361 They ravaged the surrounding country with merciless execution.

1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 14 Venice..raised herself..to an eminence that excited the jealousy..of surrounding nations.

1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 209 The ammonia is rapidly oxidised in the soil into nitric acid, which at once combines with the surrounding bases to form nitrates.

†2. Moving round, circling. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle

circularc1450

round1565

circumfluent1583

circling1599

circumferential1610

circumferent1620

circulating1632

compassing1638

circuline1647

circumambient1648

ambient1655

surrounding1657

gyrous1688

rounding1708

whirl-about1786

circumgyratory1835

gyrant1844

circuiting1886

roundwisea1930

1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 16 They will expatiate and dance the Hay in circling motions, and surrounding vagaries.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	surrounding
释义	surroundingn. Brit. /səˈraʊndɪŋ/, U.S. /səˈraʊndɪŋ/ Etymology: -ing suffix¹. I. The action of surround v. †1. Overflowing, inundation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [noun] streamc950 water floodOE floodc1000 waterOE diluvya1325 waterganga1325 flowinga1340 delugec1374 diluvec1386 Noah's floodc1390 overflowing1430 inundation1432 flowa1450 surrounding1449 over-drowninga1500 spate1513 float1523 drowning1539 ravine1545 alluvion1550 surundacion1552 watershot1567 overflow1589 ravage1611 inunding1628 surroundera1642 water breach1669 flooding1799 debacle1802 diluviation1816 deluging1824 superflux1830 whelm1842 come1862 floodage1862 sheet-flood1897 flash flooding1939 flash-flood1940 1449 in Fulman Rerum Anglic. Script. Vett. (1684) I. 524 Because of surundyng of waters. 1572 J. Higgins Huloets Dict. (rev. ed.) (new ed) Surrunding, or ouerflowing of water. 2. The fact of being around or encompassing. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. II. That which surrounds. 3. plural. Those things which surround a person or thing, or in the midst of which he or it (habitually) is; things around (collectively); environment. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > state or condition > circumstance or circumstances > [noun] > environment, setting, or background setting1841 scenics1842 background1854 milieu1854 environment1855 conditions1856 surroundings1861 medium1865 ambient1902 the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surrounding > [noun] > that which surrounds > a surrounding space or area > totality of surroundings or environment circumstancea1340 encompassure1600 environry1600 vironry1600 attendment1646 circumambiency1646 ambience1648 environment1725 circumjacency1751 environ1762 environage1831 setting1841 enshrinement1849 entourage1850 milieu1854 surroundings1861 ambiente1862 mise-en-scène1871 surround1922 Umwelt1964 1861 Q. Rev. Oct. 471 We know more about Plutarch's personal history and surroundings [etc.]. 1861 S. Smiles Lives Engineers II. vi. i. 6 The place remained comparatively rural in point of size and surroundings. 1873 P. G. Hamerton Intellect. Life (1876) xii. i. 431 That which we are, is due to the accidents of our surroundings. 1884 F. Temple Relations Relig. & Sci. (1885) iii. 81 My character..has not come out of the antecedents and surroundings according to any fixed law. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. lxii. 294 We cannot blame him too severely if, in such an age and such surroundings, he had been stained by the vices in the midst of which he lived. 4. a. A number of persons standing around; a body of attendants; entourage. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > collective or company of hirdiferec1275 train1541 yeomanryc1660 entourage1850 surrounding1877 surroundings1894 1877 J. A. Froude Short Stud. (1883) IV. i. ii. 22 The wealthiest peer in England did not..appear in public with a more princely surrounding. 1891 Daily News 22 Jan. 3/4 Their games were watched with much interest by a surrounding of Southerns. b. plural. Persons surrounding or attending upon a person. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > collective or company of hirdiferec1275 train1541 yeomanryc1660 entourage1850 surrounding1877 surroundings1894 1894 Daily News 31 Dec. I have now received particulars of the death from the immediate surroundings of the King. 1907 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2 reissued) I. 118 They lived on their estates and did their duty by their surroundings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online March 2022). surroundingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: suˈrrounding. That surrounds. 1. That is (or are) around; encompassing, circumjacent. 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 1637 J. Milton Comus 14 And let a single helplesse mayden passe Vninjur'd in this wild surrounding wast. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 346 'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding Fires. View more context for this quotation 1713 A. Pope Windsor-Forest 11 The Bow'ry Mazes and surrounding Greens. 1782 W. Cowper Hope in Poems 156 Lord paramount of the surrounding plains. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho I. i. 5 The beauty of the surrounding scene. 1806 ‘Ignotus’ Culina (ed. 3) 197 Serve up in a deep dish, with the surrounding sauce. 1828 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. I. iv. 361 They ravaged the surrounding country with merciless execution. 1844 J. H. Stocqueler Hand-bk. India 14 Venice..raised herself..to an eminence that excited the jealousy..of surrounding nations. 1890 Hardwicke's Sci.-gossip 26 209 The ammonia is rapidly oxidised in the soil into nitric acid, which at once combines with the surrounding bases to form nitrates. †2. Moving round, circling. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > movement in circle or curve > [adjective] > moving in circle circularc1450 round1565 circumfluent1583 circling1599 circumferential1610 circumferent1620 circulating1632 compassing1638 circuline1647 circumambient1648 ambient1655 surrounding1657 gyrous1688 rounding1708 whirl-about1786 circumgyratory1835 gyrant1844 circuiting1886 roundwisea1930 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects 16 They will expatiate and dance the Hay in circling motions, and surrounding vagaries. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1918; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1449adj.1637
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