enfold

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To envelop and wrap up something. transitive
    — In words, like weeds, I’ll wrap me o’er, ⁠Like coarsest clothes against the cold: ⁠But that large grief which these enfold Is given in outline and no more.
  2. To clasp with the arms; embrace. transitive
    — Prais’d be the fathomless universe, / For life and joy, and for objects and knowledge curious, / And for love, sweet love—but praise! praise! praise! / For the sure-enwinding arms of cool-enfolding death.

词形变化

enfolds present,singular,third-person enfolding participle,present enfolded participle,past enfolded past

词汇关系

衍生词
enfoldedly enfolder enfoldingly enfoldment unenfolded

词源

Alteration of earlier infold, from Middle English infolden, equivalent to en- + fold.
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