encircle
verb (formal)- encircle somebody/something
to surround somebody/something completely in a circle 环绕;围绕;包围 Jack's arms encircled her waist. 杰克的双臂搂着她的腰。 The island is encircled by a coral reef. 这个岛周围都是珊瑚礁。 Snow covered the encircling hills. 积雪覆盖了环绕的山丘。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEncircle is used with these nouns as the object:- waist
- wrist
Word Originlate 16th cent. (formerly also as incircle): from en-, in- ‘within’ + circle.