environ

英 [ɪn'vaɪərən] 美 [ɪn'vaɪrən]

• vt. 包围；环绕

英英释义

Verb:

1. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle;

   "The forest surrounds my property"
   

经典引文

• On every side we are environed with enemies.

  出自： T. Traherne

• The American lives in a society in which his successful manipulation of the environing conditions..is crucial to his sense of himself.

  出自：Daedalus

词汇搭配

• primal environ 原始环境
• local environ 局部环境

近反义词

【近义词】

• circumscribe 限制
• compass 圆规
• skirt 裙子
• ring 戒指
• border 边界
• surround 包围