enclose

verb

/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/

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[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.花园被一堵高高的黑色木栅栏围了起来。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- fully
- totally
- …
preposition
- in
- within
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enclose something (especially of a wall, fence, etc.尤指墙、篱笆等) to surround something围住
- 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。
[usually passive] (in England in the past) to build a wall or fence around common (= public) land and make it private property（用墙、篱笆等）把…围起来
- be enclosed The land was enclosed in the seventeenth century.这块地在 17 世纪被圈为私有。
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。

Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘shut in, imprison’): from Old French enclos, past participle of enclore, based on Latin includere ‘shut in’.