environ

adverb · verb · nounB1

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Trạng từ

adverb

1.
(not comparable, obsolete)In the neighbourhood; around.
Đồng nghĩa: round, round about
2.
(not comparable, obsolete)Almost, nearly.

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

environs

V_ing/Gerund

environing

V_ed/pp

environedno-table-tags

1.
(obsolete, transitive)To encircle or surround (someone or something).
Đồng nghĩa: belay
2.
(obsolete, transitive)To cover, enclose, or envelop (someone or something).
Đồng nghĩa: belay
3.
(obsolete, transitive)Followed by from: to hide or shield (someone or something).
4.
(obsolete, transitive)(chiefly passive voice) Of a person: to be positioned or stationed around (someone or something) to attend to or protect them.
5.
(figuratively, obsolete, transitive)Of a situation or state of affairs, especially danger or trouble: to happen to and affect (someone or something).
6.
(obsolete, transitive)To amount to or encompass (a space).
7.
(obsolete, transitive)To travel completely around (a place or thing); to circumnavigate.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

environs

1.
(also, figuratively, formal, obsolete, transitive)(archaic except in the plural, formal, also figuratively) A surrounding area or place (especially of an urban settlement); an environment.
Naples and its environs

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English enviroun (round about in a circle or ring; all around), from enviroun, environ, and Middle French enviroun, environenvirun, from Old French environ (around, surrounding; about, approximately, roughly) (modern environ), from en- + viron (circuit; circumference, compass;