surround
verb[T]
uk/səˈraʊnd/us/səˈraʊnd/B1
to beeverywherearound something:
环绕，围绕，包围Snow-cappedmountainssurround thecity.山顶为积雪覆盖的群山环绕着这座城市。
Gwensatat herdesk, surrounded bybooksandpapers.格温坐在桌前，周围堆满了书和报纸。
Mystery still surrounds theexactcircumstancesof Stalin'sdeath.斯大林去世的确切情况仍是迷雾重重。
She said that shewantedtodiesurrounded by thepeoplesheloves(= with them allpresent).她说她希望在她死的时候，她所爱的人会陪伴在自己身边。
Early thismorning,armedpolicesurrounded(=movedinto apositionso that they wereeverywherearound)ahousewhich theythoughtcontainedanescapedprisoner.今天一大早，武装警察就包围了他们认为藏有一名逃犯的房子。
- Acountyusually consists of severaltownsand theruralareaswhich surround them.
- She made herentryto theceremonysurrounded by agroupofphotographers.
- Thehotelis surrounded byperfectlymanicuredgardens.
- Thepresidentarrivedsurrounded by hisminders.
- Thehouseis surrounded bytrees, so it's notoverlookedat all .
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
surround
noun
uk/səˈraʊnd/us/səˈraʊnd/[C]
theareaorborderaround something:
周围地带；围绕物；缘饰Ourbathtubhas atiledsurround.我们的浴缸周围铺了瓷砖。
surrounds[plural]US
theareathat is near and around aplace:
周边，附近Thehouseis set inlushsurrounds and hasviewsof theocean.小楼绿树环绕，可以看见大海。
Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
- beleaguer
- beleaguered
- beset
- border
- boxsomeone/somethingin
- dunk
- enclosure
- fencesomethingin
- fencesomethingoff
- flooding
- gather
- gift wrap
- gift-wrapped
- siege
- steep
- steepsomething/someoneinsomething
- submersion
- swaddle
- swallow
- swamp
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