Wreathe



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v.完全笼罩; 把...做成花环
• ［英］ v. 盘绕 ( coil about something) ; 把...做成花环 ( to shape into a wreath)
• ［记］ wreath ( 花环) +e
• ［例］ Mist wreathed the hilltops.

Webster Collegiate

verb (wreathed; wreathing)

• Etymology: wreath
• Date: 1530
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to shape into a wreath
    • b. interweave
    • c. to cause to coil about something
  • 2. to twist or contort so as to show folds or creases
  • 3. to encircle or adorn with or as if with a wreath
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to twist in coils ; writhe
  • 2.
    • a. to take on the shape of a wreath
    • b. to move or extend in circles or spirals

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