英语词汇“envelope”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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An envelope is something that envelops, or wraps around. It usually refers to the thing you stick a stamp on and snail mail.

In the early 1700s, envelope, the noun for "wrapper," evolved from the French enveloppe, meaning “to envelop.” Envelope is always a noun, unlike the verb envelop which means “to wrap, cloak.” Synonyms for envelope range from casing and enclosure to pouch and sheath. Virginia Woolf said, “Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.” She ditched hers by walking into a river with her pockets full of rocks.

CHOOSE YOUR WORDS

envelop / envelope

To envelop is to surround something completely. But an envelope is a piece of paper you put your love note in and lick to seal. With enVElop, the accent is on the second syllable, while with ENvelope, the accent is on the first.

Envelop means to wrap around something completely, to surround, either literally or figuratively. Fog can envelop a city, but love might also envelop a person's mind. Here are some envelops in the wild:

Gradually this veil spread inland and quietly enveloped all things on shore. (Lillian Elizabeth Roy)

Kenya had been enveloped in violence following the contested presidential elections in December 2007. (Forbes)

An envelope is a flat piece of paper used to enclose — or envelop — documents. To push the envelope means to approach the limits of something. You might hear the envelope, please when you're waiting to find out who won an Oscar. Here are some envelopes waiting to be opened:

Related links in NPG Funding models can push the envelope, but at what cost? (Nature)

Mr. Warner drew the letter from its envelope, began casually running through it. (Inez Haynes Gillmore)

When love envelops your brain, you might forget to seal the envelope for your mushy letter. If it falls out for all to see, embarrassment might envelop you!

WORD FAMILY

envelope: envelopes

USAGE EXAMPLES

In late December, Girmay received an envelope from the Swedish Migration Agency.

Reuters(Dec 30, 2016)

The menu arrives in a sealed parchmentlike envelope, like a royal edict.

New York Times(Dec 28, 2016)

Under North Carolina law, that’s appropriate and requires two witnesses to sign the absentee-ballot envelope.

Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016)

1n a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc.

Hypo|Hyper

window envelope

an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure

container

any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another)

2n any wrapper or covering

Hyper

wrap, wrapper, wrapping

the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped

3n a natural covering (as by a fluid)

the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet

Hyper

cover, covering, natural covering

a natural object that covers or envelops

4n the bag containing the gas in a balloon

Syn|Hyper

gasbag

bag

a flexible container with a single opening

n a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

Hyper

curve, curved shape

the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes

n the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft)

test pilots try to push the envelope

Hyper

operating capability, performance capability

the capability of a technological system to perform as intended

单词	envelope
释义	envelope (once / 423 pages) 1n 2n 3n An envelope is something that envelops, or wraps around. It usually refers to the thing you stick a stamp on and snail mail. In the early 1700s, envelope, the noun for "wrapper," evolved from the French enveloppe, meaning “to envelop.” Envelope is always a noun, unlike the verb envelop which means “to wrap, cloak.” Synonyms for envelope range from casing and enclosure to pouch and sheath. Virginia Woolf said, “Life is a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning.” She ditched hers by walking into a river with her pockets full of rocks. CHOOSE YOUR WORDS envelop / envelope To envelop is to surround something completely. But an envelope is a piece of paper you put your love note in and lick to seal. With enVElop, the accent is on the second syllable, while with ENvelope, the accent is on the first. Envelop means to wrap around something completely, to surround, either literally or figuratively. Fog can envelop a city, but love might also envelop a person's mind. Here are some envelops in the wild: Gradually this veil spread inland and quietly enveloped all things on shore. (Lillian Elizabeth Roy) Kenya had been enveloped in violence following the contested presidential elections in December 2007. (Forbes) An envelope is a flat piece of paper used to enclose — or envelop — documents. To push the envelope means to approach the limits of something. You might hear the envelope, please when you're waiting to find out who won an Oscar. Here are some envelopes waiting to be opened: Related links in NPG Funding models can push the envelope, but at what cost? (Nature) Mr. Warner drew the letter from its envelope, began casually running through it. (Inez Haynes Gillmore) When love envelops your brain, you might forget to seal the envelope for your mushy letter. If it falls out for all to see, embarrassment might envelop you! WORD FAMILY envelope: envelopes USAGE EXAMPLES In late December, Girmay received an envelope from the Swedish Migration Agency. Reuters(Dec 30, 2016) The menu arrives in a sealed parchmentlike envelope, like a royal edict. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Under North Carolina law, that’s appropriate and requires two witnesses to sign the absentee-ballot envelope. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n a flat (usually rectangular) container for a letter, thin package, etc. Hypo\|Hyper window envelope an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure container any object that can be used to hold things (especially a large metal boxlike object of standardized dimensions that can be loaded from one form of transport to another) 2n any wrapper or covering Hyper wrap, wrapper, wrapping the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped 3n a natural covering (as by a fluid) the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet Hyper cover, covering, natural covering a natural object that covers or envelops 4n the bag containing the gas in a balloon Syn\|Hyper gasbag bag a flexible container with a single opening 2 n a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves Hyper curve, curved shape the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes 3 n the maximum operating capability of a system (especially an aircraft) test pilots try to push the envelope Hyper operating capability, performance capability the capability of a technological system to perform as intended
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