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单词 envelop
释义 en·vel·op
transitive verb
also en·vel·ope \ə̇nˈveləp, en-\
(enveloped ; enveloped ; enveloping ; envelops also envelopes)
Etymology: Middle English envolupen, from Middle French envoluper, envoleper, enveloper, from Old French, from en- en- (I) + voluper, voleper, veloper to wrap up
1.
 a. : to enclose completely with a garment or other covering : wrap up
  < a shroud enveloped her form — Mary W. Shelley >
  < drew off his coat and enveloped him in a white robe — Laura Krey >
  < other folks envelop the meat in the leaves — E.J.Banfield >
 b. : to enclose or surround with a nonsolid material or medium (as air or darkness) : obscure or conceal by covering or shrouding
  < distant hills enveloped in a blue haze >
  < large black clouds enveloped the moon >
  < flames enveloped the building >
  < a snug … warmth enveloped him — O.E.Rölvaag >
 c. : to surround or enfold with something immaterial (as a mood or atmosphere) : possess, dominate
  < the Presbyterian culture that enveloped me when I was a boy — St. Clair McKelway >
  < the drowsy silence that enveloped the yacht — Scott Fitzgerald >
  < she had been enveloped in profound peace — Ellen Glasgow >
  < then she would … envelop me in the great, soft, spicy tide of her affection — R.P.Warren >
  < a feeling of gloom and self-pity enveloped him >
  < he was enveloped by that strange sense of detachment — Walter O'Meara >
2. \“ or ˈenvəˌlōp or ˈänveˌlōp\ : to put in an envelope
 < she scrawled across the bottom of the letter the word NO and enveloped it for return mailing — E.P.O'Donnell >
3. : to attack or move to attack (one or both of an enemy's flanks)
 < there were indications that they intended to envelop the northern wing of Army Group South — W.R.Desobry >
Synonyms: see enclose
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