亚洲网紅露点

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surround

[ suh-round ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to enclose on all sides; encompass:

    She was surrounded by reporters.

  2. to form an enclosure around; encircle:

    A stone wall surrounds the estate.

  3. to enclose (a body of troops, a fort or town, etc.) so as to cut off communication or retreat.


noun

  1. something that surrounds, as the area, border, etc., around an object or central space:

    a tile surround for the shower stall.

  2. environment or setting:

    The designer created a Persian surround for the new restaurant.

  3. Hunting.
    1. a means of hunting in which wild animals are encircled and chased into a special spot that makes their escape impossible.
    2. the act of hunting by this means.
    3. the location encircled by hunters using this means.

surround

/ 蝉蓹藞谤补蕣苍诲 /

verb

  1. to encircle or enclose or cause to be encircled or enclosed
  2. to deploy forces on all sides of (a place or military formation), so preventing access or retreat
  3. to exist around

    I dislike the people who surround her

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

noun

  1. a border, esp the area of uncovered floor between the walls of a room and the carpet or around an opening or panel
    1. a method of capturing wild beasts by encircling the area in which they are believed to be
    2. the area so encircled
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

  • 蝉耻谤藞谤辞耻苍诲颈苍驳, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 辫谤别路蝉耻谤路谤辞耻苍诲 verb (used with object)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of surround1

First recorded in 1400鈥50; late Middle English surounden 鈥渢o inundate, submerge,鈥 from Anglo-French surounder, Middle French s(o)ronder, from Late Latin 蝉耻辫别谤耻苍诲腻谤别 鈥渢o overflow,鈥 equivalent to Latin super- super- + 耻苍诲腻谤别 鈥渢o flood,鈥 derivative of unda 鈥渨ave鈥 ( undulate ); current spelling by analysis as sur- 1 + round 1 (verb)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of surround1

C15 surrounden to overflow, from Old French suronder, from Late Latin 蝉耻辫别谤耻苍诲腻谤别, from Latin super- + 耻苍诲腻谤别 to abound, from unda a wave
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Speaking surrounded by geraniums, he said he was happy to take any form of payment, although card was slightly easier albeit slower to process.

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When the BBC World Service Eye Investigations team visited the area, Turkish aircraft pummelled the mountains surrounding the village to root out PKK militants, who have long operated from caves and tunnels in northern Iraq.

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He expressed regret that his son Marc-Alexandre Boyer - also a defendant - had grown up surrounded by "thieves" and "crooks" who had led him to make the wrong life choices.

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Its outdoor area is suited to large-scale car meet-ups and crowds, and its cinematic surroundings match the club鈥檚 gritty aesthetic.

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UK Power Networks, which runs the facility said the substation powers surrounding areas and it remained operational.

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