| 单词 | enclose |
| 释义 | enclose (once / 246 pages) 1v 2v To enclose something is to surround it or cover it up. An envelope encloses a letter. To enclose is to put something inside something else. A crowd of people could enclose a celebrity, or a wall might enclose a garden. In Edgar Allan Poe’s story “Masque of the Red Death,” the Prince encloses his party guests inside the castle walls (along with the Red Death). (Oops!) A box might enclose a present. If you enclose something with a letter, you’re putting it in the envelope, too. WORD FAMILYenclose: enclosed, encloses, enclosing, enclosure+/close: closed, closely, closeness, closer, closes, closest, closing, closure, enclose/closeness: closenesses/closer: closers/closing: closings/closure: closured, closures, closuring/enclosed: self-enclosed, unenclosed/enclosure: enclosures USAGE EXAMPLESMy jaw dropped when I read the words, “Please find enclosed a letter from your donor.” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) Knott’s representatives say their mechanics tried several times to get the enclosed, circular tram down before calling the Orange County Fire Authority to assist. Washington Times(Dec 30, 2016) Fold the top half of each tortilla over to enclose the filling. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v surround completely Darkness enclosed him Syn|Hypo|Hyper close in, inclose, shut in insert, tuck fit snugly into wall in, wall upenclose with a wall bower, embowerenclose in a bower enshrine, shrineenclose in a shrine case, encase, incaseenclose in, or as if in, a case bury, eat up, immerse, swallow, swallow upenclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing border, frame, frame inenclose in or as if in a frame glass, glass inenclose with glass bankenclose with a bank dike, dykeenclose with a dike encapsulateenclose in a capsule or other small container fence, fence inenclose with a fence cordon off, rope in, rope offdivide by means of a rope casketenclose in a casket corralenclose in a corral fort, fortifyenclose by or as if by a fortification hedge, hedge inenclose or bound in with or as it with a hedge or hedges brick in, brick over, brick upwall up with brick packarrange in a container box, packageput into a box sackput in a sack crateput into a crate; as for protection trenchfortify by surrounding with trenches embattlefortify by furnishing with battlements for defense border, environ, ring, skirt, surround extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle 2v close in; darkness enclosed him" Syn|Hypo|Hyper confine, hold in border, bound form the boundary of; be contiguous to embankenclose with banks, as for support or protection rail, rail inenclose with rails box in, box upenclose or confine as if in a box frameenclose in a frame, as of a picture skirtform the edge of vergeborder on; come close to shoreserve as a shore to bear, carry, contain, hold contain or hold; have within 3v enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper enfold, envelop, enwrap, wrap benight envelop with social, intellectual, or moral darkness tubeplace or enclose in a tube capsulate, capsule, capsulise, capsulizeenclose in a capsule engulfflow over or cover completely sheatheenclose with a sheath cocoonwrap in or as if in a cocoon, as for protection bathesuffuse with or as if with light cover, enshroud, hide, shroudcover as if with a shroud cover provide with a covering or cause to be covered v introduce Syn|Hypo|Hyper inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in plug insert as a plug pluginsert a plug into inoculateintroduce a microorganism into insetset or place in glassput in a glass container catheterise, catheterizeinsert a catheter into (a body part) cupput into a cup interlard, intersperseintroduce one's writing or speech with certain expressions feed, feed inintroduce continuously slipinsert inconspicuously or quickly or quietly foistinsert surreptitiously or without warrant inject, shootforce or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing seedinoculate with microorganisms interleaveintersperse alternately, as of protective covers for book illustrations lay, place, pose, position, put, set put into a certain place or abstract location |
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