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单词 enfold
释义 en·fold
\ə̇nˈfōld, en-\ transitive verb
(enfolded ; enfolded or archaic enfolden ; enfolding ; enfolds)
Etymology: alteration (influenced by en-) (I) of infold
1.
 a. : to surround with a covering : contain
  < gilded tombs do worms enfold — Shakespeare >
  < enfolded within the covers of this volume — New York Herald Tribune Book Review >
 b. : to cover with or as if with folds : envelop
  < the new atmosphere that seemed to enfold her — Helen R. Martin >
  < blackness moved up the walls till night enfolded the pass — Zane Grey >
  < she lay enfolden in the warm shadow of her loveliness — P.B.Shelley >
2.
 a. : to clasp with or within the arms : embrace
  < arms enfolding bunches of flowering branches — Angélica Mendoza >
 b. : to take in and hold
  < either enfold them as respectable … members of a commercial society or drive them on — Russell Lord >
3. : to make or put a fold in : fold over or back
 < enfolded margins >
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