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enfolded

/en-fohld/US // ɛnˈfoʊld //UK // (ɪnˈfəʊld) //

包围着的,围绕着,围绕着的,围绕在一起的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to wrap up; envelop: to enfold someone in a cloak.
    • : to surround as if with folds: He wished to enfold her in the warmth of his love. What happened is enfolded in mystery.
    • : to hug or clasp; embrace: She enfolded him in her arms.
    • : to form into a fold or folds: The material of the skirt had been enfolded to form a loose, graceful drape.

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Examples

  • Youth recognized youth, and that indefinite longing which is a part of youth seemed to enfold them for an instant.

  • If dullness seem to enfold us, be sure it is we that are dull; it is because our minds are lazy and our eyes unseeing.

  • Arms and heart ached to enfold the precious little sinner so grievously worsted in the battle with temptation.

  • If Europe would not strangle herself with her own hands she must strangle the sea serpent whose coils enfold her shores.

  • The bandages were still on his hands and arms, those hands which yearned to take her hands, those arms which ached to enfold her.