surround
- vt.(使)包围，围住;围绕;环绕;与…紧密相关;喜欢结交（某类人）
- n.(物品的)边，饰边;周围
复数： surrounds 过去式： surrounded 现在分词： surrounding 过去分词： surrounded 第三人称单数： surrounds
surroundverb
围绕；环绕
to be all around sth/sb
Tall trees surround the lake.
环湖都是大树。
The lake is surrounded with/by trees.
湖边树木环绕。
the membranes surrounding the brain
脑膜
As a child I was surrounded by love and kindness.
幼年时我备受关爱。
（使）包围，围住
to move into position all around sb/sth, especially so as to prevent them from escaping; to move sb/sth into position in this way
Police surrounded the building.
警方包围了那栋房子。
They've surrounded the building with police.
他们派警察包围了那栋房子。
与…紧密相关；围绕
to be closely connected with sth/sb
publicity surrounding the divorce
媒体围绕这桩离婚事件的报道
喜欢结交（某类人）；喜欢身边总有（某类东西）
to choose to have particular people or things near you all the time
I like to surround myself with beautiful things.
我喜欢身边老有漂亮的东西。
noun
（物品的）边，饰边；周围
a border or an area around the edge of sth, especially one that is decorated
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VERB 围绕;环绕
If a person or thing is surrounded by something, that thing is situated all around them.The small churchyard was surrounded by a rusted wrought-iron fence...
不大的教堂墓地周边围着一圈生锈的熟铁栅栏。
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VERB 包围;围住
If you are surrounded by soldiers or police, they spread out so that they are in positions all the way around you.When the car stopped in the town square it was surrounded by soldiers and militiamen...
当汽车停在城镇广场时立刻被士兵和民兵包围了。
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VERB 与…密切相关;围绕
The circumstances, feelings, or ideas which surround something are those that are closely associated with it.The decision had been agreed in principle before today's meeting, but some controversy surrounded it...
该决定在今天的会议之前就已达成原则上的共识，但围绕这一决定还存在一些争议。
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VERB 喜欢结交(某类人);确保身边总有(某类东西)
If you surround yourself with certain people or things, you make sure that you have a lot of them near you all the time.He had made it his business to surround himself with a hand-picked group of bright young officers...
他总会亲手挑选一批聪明而年轻的军官常伴他左右。
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N-COUNT (壁炉等的)边饰，围饰
The surround of something such as a fireplace is the border, wall, or shelves around it....a small fireplace with a cast-iron surround.
有铸铁边饰的小壁炉
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N-PLURAL 周围的事物;环境
Your surrounds are your surroundings .The entire team enjoyed hot showers in the spacious surrounds of a new, modern village hall.
全队都在新建的现代化村会所的宽敞洗浴间享受了热水淋浴。
noun
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- the area in which something exists or lives
- the country--the flat agricultural surround
- Synonym: environment environs surroundings
verb
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- surround so as to force to give up
- The Turks besieged Vienna
- Synonym: besiege beleaguer hem in circumvent
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- surround with a wall in order to fortify
- Synonym: wall palisade fence fence in
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- extend on all sides of simultaneously;encircle
- The forest surrounds my property
- Synonym: environ ring skirt border
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- envelop completely
- smother the meat in gravy
- Synonym: smother
数据来源：WordNet
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Its rings were discovered by telescope from Earth , but space probes later found that spectacular rings surround some other planets
它的圆环是从地球上用望远镜发现的，但是太空探测器后来又发现了围绕其他一些星球的壮观的圆环。
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and we have forgotten to imagine the oceans of tears and despair that necessarily surround them .
然而我们忘记了那些围绕着成功的可以积成大海的眼泪和失望。
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The surrounding small towns have been absorbed into the city .
四周的小城镇已并入这座城市。
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The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside .
这个地点的开发将会影响周围的乡村。
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She was surrounded by the tools of her trade .
她周围都是她干活用的工具。
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I like to surround myself with beautiful things .
我喜欢身边老有漂亮的东西。
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Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the boy 's death .
警方说关于男孩死亡一事没有发现可疑的情况。
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There has been a great deal of publicity surrounding his disappearance .
他的失踪已为传媒广泛报道。
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Her speech sliced through all the confusion surrounding the situation .
她一席话把整个事态的一切纷扰剖析得清清楚楚。
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They 've surrounded the building with police .
他们派警察包围了那栋房子。
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She furnished him with the facts surrounding the case .
她向他提供了与案件有关的事实。
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A media circus surrounded the royal couple wherever they went .
无论王室夫妇走到何处，他们的身后都会跟着一大群媒体记者。
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She was surrounded by men all vying for her attention .
她周围尽是竞相博得她青睐的男子。
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We realized we were surrounded on all sides .
我们意识到我们被四面包围了。
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The growing town soon encroached on the surrounding countryside .
这个不断扩大的城市不久便将周围的农村变成了市区。
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The farm and surrounding area was flooded .
农场和周围地区遭洪水淹没。
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Small towns in South India serve as economic and cultural centres for the surrounding villages .
印度南部的小城镇是周围村庄的经济文化中心。
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The village itself is pretty , but the surrounding countryside is rather dull .
村子本身很美，但周围的田野相当单调。
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Police surrounded the building .
警方包围了那栋房子。
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We searched the surrounding neighbourhood for the missing boy .
我们在附近寻找失踪的男孩儿。
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The factory is surrounded by electric fencing .
工厂有电网围着。
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The mystique surrounding the monarchy has gone for ever .
王室的神秘性已经一去不复返。
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The hotel stands in splendid isolation , surrounded by moorland .
那旅馆岿然独立，周围是一片荒原。
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He was surrounded by reporters who had been lying in wait for him .
他被暗中守候他的记者团团围住。
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The police fanned out to surround the house .
警察散开包围了这座房子。
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He was surrounded by his numerous progeny .
众多的子孙簇拥着他。
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The surrounding countryside is windswept and rocky .
这周围的乡村风多石头多。
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Mystery surrounds her disappearance .
她的失踪引起了重重疑团。
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The shell surrounding the egg has many important functions .
蛋壳有许多重要的功能。
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The well is surrounded by a wall only 12 inches high .
井台只有12英寸高。