surround

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

surrounds

V_ing/Gerund

surrounding

V_ed/pp

surrounded

1.
(transitive)To encircle something or simultaneously extend in all directions.
Đồng nghĩa: bound
2.
(transitive)To enclose or confine something on all sides so as to prevent escape.
The lions surrounded the deer herd so they had no way to escape.
They surrounded each other in the classroom and started trading hits.
3.
(obsolete, transitive)To pass around; to travel about; to circumnavigate.
to surround the world

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

surrounds

1.
(British)Anything, such as a fence or border, that surrounds something.
He drifted through the room, avoiding the furniture by instinct, closed the door that led to the passage, and only then flicked on his flashlight. It swept around the room, picking out a desk, a telephone, a wall of bookshelves, and a deep armchair, and finally settled on a handsome fireplace with a large surround of red brick.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

bound bebay beleaguer beset environ embedensphereenviron, embed, ensphere (literary)

Cùng gốc / liên quan

resurroundSensurroundsurroundersurround and drown

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro From Middle English sourrounden (to submerge, overflow), from Middle French souronder, suronder, from superundō, from super + undō (to rise in waves), from unda (wave).