en·close
verb/ɪnˈkləʊz/
/ɪnˈkləʊz/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they enclose | /ɪnˈkləʊz/ /ɪnˈkləʊz/ |
| he / she / it encloses | /ɪnˈkləʊzɪz/ /ɪnˈkləʊzɪz/ |
| past simple enclosed | /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ |
| past participle enclosed | /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ /ɪnˈkləʊzd/ |
| -ing form enclosing | /ɪnˈkləʊzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkləʊzɪŋ/ |
- [usually passive] to build a wall, fence, etc. around something
（用墙、篱笆等）把…围起来 - be enclosed (with something) The yard had been enclosed with iron railings.
院子用铁栅栏围了起来。 - be enclosed in something (figurative) All translated words should be enclosed in brackets.
所有译文都应用括号括起来。
Extra Examples- The ring is enclosed in a plastic case.
戒指装在一个塑料盒里。 - The garden was enclosed by a tall, black wooden fence.
花园被高大的黑色木栅栏围起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- completely
- fully
- totally
- …
- in
- within
- be enclosed (with something) The yard had been enclosed with iron railings.
- enclose something (especially of a wall, fence, etc.) to surround something
围绕；环绕 - Low hedges enclosed the flower beds.
矮树篱把花坛围了起来。 - (figurative) She felt his arms enclose her.
她感到他双臂搂住了她。
- Low hedges enclosed the flower beds.
- [usually passive] (in England in the past) to build a wall or fence around common (= public) land and make it private property
圈占（公地） - be enclosed The land was enclosed in the seventeenth century.
这片土地在十七世纪被圈为私产。
- be enclosed The land was enclosed in the seventeenth century.
- enclose something (with something) to put something in the same envelope, package, etc. as something else
附入；随函（或包裹等）附上 - Please return the completed form, enclosing a recent photograph.
请将填好的表格寄回，并附上近照一张。
- Please return the completed form, enclosing a recent photograph.
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘shut in, imprison’): from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, based on Latin includere ‘shut in’.