- [countable]
a piece of land that is surrounded by a fence or wall and is used for a particular purpose 圈占地；圈用地；围场 a wildlife enclosure 野生动物围场 the winners’ enclosure (= for the winners of a horse race) 获胜者围场
- [uncountable, countable]
the act of placing a fence or wall around a piece of land 圈地 the enclosure of common land in the seventeenth century 17 世纪对公用地的圈占 The result of the enclosures was that many countrymen lost their only livelihood. 圈地的结果是许多农民失去了他们唯一的生计。
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something that is placed in an envelope with a letter （信中）附件 Always state the number of enclosures at the bottom of your letter. 信尾一定要注明附件的份数。
Word Originlate Middle English: from legal Anglo-Norman French and Old French, from enclos ‘closed in’, past participle of enclore, based on Latin includere ‘shut in’.