亚洲网紅露点

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envelop

[ verb en-vel-uhp; noun en-vel-uhp, en-vuh-luhp, ahn- ]

verb (used with object)

enveloped, enveloping.
  1. to wrap up in or as in a covering:

    The long cloak she was wearing enveloped her completely.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to serve as a wrapping or covering for, as a membrane of an organ or a sheath.
  3. to surround entirely.

    Synonyms: ,

  4. Military. to attack (an enemy's flank).


noun

envelop

/ 瑟苍藞惫蓻濒蓹辫 /

verb

  1. to wrap or enclose in or as if in a covering
  2. to conceal or obscure, as from sight or understanding

    a plan enveloped in mystery

  3. to surround or partially surround (an enemy force)
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 别苍藞惫别濒辞辫尘别苍迟, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 别苍路惫别濒顎僶辫路别谤 noun
  • 辫谤别顎卐苍路惫别濒顎僶辫 verb (used with object)
  • 耻苍顎卐苍路惫别濒顎僶辫别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of envelop1

1350鈥1400; Middle English envolupen < Old French envoluper, equivalent to en- en- 1 + voloper to envelop, of obscure origin; compare Old Proven莽al ( en ) volopar, Italian inviluppare to envelop, Italian viluppo tuft, bundle, confusion, referred to Medieval Latin faluppa chaff, wisp of straw, perhaps influenced by the descendants of Latin volvere to roll
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of envelop1

C14: from Old French envoluper, from en- 1+ voluper, voloper, of obscure origin
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Example Sentences

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Many Criterion junkies have imagined what it would be like to hang out in that closet 鈥 to be enveloped in that cozy cocoon of great movies.

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Tartt鈥檚 detailed, enveloping prose and the winding twists of Theo鈥檚 life connect not just to a piece of art but to human emotions and a sense of beauty that stretches across time.

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Up the hill, enveloped in a late-morning fog, were the barely there outlines of a new Israeli military outpost.

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Video and photos posted on social media showed flames enveloping a car in the lot and smoke rising over the structure.

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Confusion and turmoil have also enveloped U.S. government-supported research around HIV.

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