enclosure
n. 附件, 围墙, 围绕 [化] 机壳; 外壳
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教材释义与例句
附件；围墙；围场
释义与例句
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1.
Something that is enclosed, i.e. inserted into a letter or similar package.
附件
可数 不可数There was an enclosure with the letter — a photo.
1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados Mr Carlyle cut open the envelope, glanced at the enclosure, and in spite of his disappointment could not restrain a chuckle.
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2.
The act of enclosing, i.e. the insertion or inclusion of an item in a letter or package.
不可数 可数The enclosure of a photo with your letter is appreciated.
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3.
An area, domain, or amount of something partially or entirely enclosed by barriers.
围场
可数 不可数He faced punishment for creating the fenced enclosure in a public park.
The glass enclosure holds the mercury vapor.
The winning horse was first into the unsaddling enclosure.
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4.
The act of separating and surrounding an area, domain, or amount of something with a barrier.
不可数 可数The enclosure of public land is against the law.
The experiment requires the enclosure of mercury vapor in a glass tube.
At first, untrained horses resist enclosure.
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The act of restricting access to ideas, works of art or technologies using patents or intellectual property laws.
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The post-feudal process of subdivision of common lands for individual ownership.
圈地运动
不可数 可数Strip-farming disappeared after enclosure.
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The area of a convent, monastery, etc where access is restricted to community members.
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From Middle English enclosure, from Old French enclosure, from enclore, from Latin inclūdere, inclūdō, from in- (“in”) + claudō (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“key, hook, nail”). Alike to inclusion.
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