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（用牆、籬笆等）把…圍起來
- be enclosed (with something) The yard had been enclosed with iron railings.院子用鐵栅欄圍了起來。
- be enclosed in something (figurative) All translated words should be enclosed in brackets.所有譯文都應用括號括起來。
Extra Examples
- The ring is enclosed in a plastic case.戒指裝在一個塑料盒裏。
- The garden was enclosed by a tall, black wooden fence.花園被一堵高高的黑色木栅欄圍了起來。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adverb
- completely
- fully
- totally
- …
preposition
- in
- within
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enclose something (especially of a wall, fence, etc.尤指牆、籬笆等) to surround something圍住
- Low hedges enclosed the flower beds.矮樹籬把花壇圍了起來。
- (figurative) She felt his arms enclose her.她感到他雙臂摟住了她。
[usually passive] (in England in the past) to build a wall or fence around common (= public) land and make it private property（用牆、籬笆等）把…圍起來
- be enclosed The land was enclosed in the seventeenth century.這塊地在 17 世紀被圈爲私有。
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.請將填好的表格寄回，並附上近照一張。