| 单词 | enclosed |
| 释义 | enclosed (once / 547 pages) adj Things that are enclosed are surrounded on all sides, closed or penned in. If your grandfather's condo development is enclosed by a high fence, you might need to check in with a guard before you can visit him. Your pet guinea pig is enclosed by her cage, and when you're at school, you are enclosed by the walls of the building. Homes, car lots, gardens, and school yards are all commonly enclosed by fences. If you put a check inside your cousin's birthday card, the money is also enclosed. Enclosed comes from the verb enclose, which is rooted in the Old French enclore, "surround, confine, or contain." WORD FAMILYenclosed: self-enclosed, unenclosed+/close: closed, closely, closeness, closer, closes, closest, closing, closure, enclose/closeness: closenesses/closer: closers/closing: closings/closure: closured, closures, closuring/enclose: enclosed, encloses, enclosing, enclosure/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) Then, on the enclosed back porch, she sang her 2014 No. 1 hit, “Shake It Off,” with dozens of Porter’s relatives joining in. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) adj closed in or surrounded or included within an enclosed porch an enclosed yard the enclosed check is to cover shipping and handling Syn|Ant basined enclosed in a basin besiegedsurrounded by hostile forces boxed, boxed in, boxed-inenclosed in or as if in a box capsulate, capsulatedused of seeds or spores that are enclosed in a capsule clathratedesignating or relating to a compound in which one component is physically enclosed within the crystal structure of another closed, closed inblocked against entry coarctate(of an insect pupa) enclosed in a rigid case embeddedenclosed firmly in a surrounding mass fencelikeresembling a fence includedenclosed in the same envelope or package involvedenveloped self-enclosedof self-imposed enclosure or confinement encircled, surroundedconfined on all sides unenclosed not closed in our surrounded or included hypaethral, hypethralpartly or entirely open to the sky openhaving no protecting cover or enclosure unfencednot enclosed by a fence |
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