embower

v. 以树叶遮盖, 隐藏在树林中

发音

其它 /ɛmˈbaʊɚ/

词形变化

embowered embowering embowers 三单 embowers embowering 现在分词 embowered 过去式 embowered 过去分词

别名

imbower

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To enclose something or someone as if in a bower; shelter with foliage.

    诗歌 及物
  2. 2.

    To lodge or rest in or as in a bower.

    不及物

    But the small birds in their wide boughs embowring / Chaunted their sundrie tunes with sweete consent;

  3. 3.

    To form a bower.

    不及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

bower

上位词 4

enclose close in inclose shut in

词源

Ultimately from Old English būr, from Proto-Germanic *būraz. Cognate with German Bauer (“birdcage”), Old Norse búr, (whence Danish bur, Swedish bur (“cage”)). Equivalent to en- + bower.

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