ensphere

vt. 使成球形, 包围

词形变化

ensphered enspheres 三单 enspheres ensphering ensphering 现在分词 ensphered 过去式 ensphered 过去分词

别名

ensphear insphear insphere

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To place in a sphere; to surround in all directions (as if) by a sphere (one of the concentric hollow transparent globes formerly believed to rotate around the Earth).

    及物

    1634, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, 1637, p. 1, Before the starrie threshold of Ioves Court My mansion is, where those immortall shapes Of bright aëreall Spirits live insphear’d In Regions mild of calme and serene aire,

  2. 2.

    To form into a sphere.

    及物

    1938, T. F. Higham (translator), Song 142 (“The Moon”) by Sappho, in The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation, Oxford University Press, p. 140, Bright stars, around the fair Selênê peering, No more their beauty to the night discover When she, at full, her silver light ensphering, Floods the world over.

词源

From en- + sphere.

来源：wiktionary