environ

大学

vt. 包围, 环绕

发音

UK /ɪnˈvaɪɹən/
UK /ɛn-/
US /ɪnˈvaɪ(ə)ɹən/
US /ɛn-/

词形变化

environs 复数 environs environed environedst environeth environing environs 三单 environing 现在分词 environed 过去式 environed 过去分词 environned 过去式 environest environedst 过去式 environeth 三单 environed 复数 environned 复数 environned 过去分词

别名

inviron

教材释义与例句

动词

环绕；包围；（敌意地或保护性的）围住

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.

    比喻 正式 废旧 及物

    Naples and its environs

v.
  1. 1.

    To encircle or surround (someone or something).

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To encircle or surround (someone or something).

    To encircle or surround (someone or something) so as to attack from all sides; to beset.

    废旧 及物 政治 军事
  3. 3.

    To encircle or surround (someone or something).

    To encircle or surround (a heraldic element such as a charge or escutcheon (shield)).

    废旧 及物 政治 纹章
  4. 4.

    To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).

    废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).

    废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.

    废旧 及物
  7. 7.

    Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).

    比喻 废旧 及物
  8. 8.

    To amount to or encompass (a space).

    废旧 及物
  9. 9.

    To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

    废旧 及物
adv.
  1. 1.

    In the neighbourhood; around.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Almost, nearly.

    废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 4

ring border skirt surround

上位词 4

meet touch contact adjoin

下位词 9

fringe girdle cloister enclose close in gird hem in inclose shut in

词源

From Late Middle English invyroun, Middle English enuyroun, enuyrown, from Anglo-Norman enviroun, environ, envirun, and Middle French environ (“circumference; surroundings; (in the plural) boundaries, frontiers”) (chiefly in the plural) (modern French environ), a noun use of Old French environ (adverb): see etymology 1.

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