enfold
/en-fohld/US // ɛnˈfoʊld //UK // (ɪnˈfəʊld) //
折叠,拥抱,包围,包围着
Related Words
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Definitions
v.有主动词 verb
- 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.
Synonyms & Antonyms
verbembrace, hug
Forms: enfolded
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.
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