| 单词 |
encincture |
| 释义 |
▪ I. encincture, v.|ɛnˈsɪŋktjʊə(r)| [f. en-1 + cincture n.] trans. To surround with, or as with, a belt or girdle; to girdle.
1821Shelley Prometh. Unb. ii. iii, [The lake] Encinctured by the dark and blooming forests. 1839Fraser's Mag. XX. 44 Clusters of fire-flies..encinctured the green foliage. ▪ II. enˈcincture, n. rare. [f. en-1 + cincture n.] The process of surrounding as with a girdle; the fact of being so surrounded: concr. an enclosure.
1814Wordsw. Excursion v. (1850) 143 The chancel only showed..marks of earthly state..with the Encincture's special sanctity But ill according. 1881H. G. Hewlett in 19th Cent. Aug. 296 The encincture of Kent on two or even three sides with water. |

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