surrounding
surround
noun
uk /səˈraʊnd/ us /səˈraʊnd/
[ C ]
the area or border around something: 周围地带;围绕物;缘饰
Our bathtub has a tiled surround.我们的浴缸周围铺了瓷砖。
 surrounds[ plural ]US
the area that is near and around a place: 周边，附近
The house is set in lush surrounds and has views of the ocean.小楼绿树环绕，可以看见大海。

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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steep
steep something/someone in something
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surround | American Dictionary

surround
verb[ T ]
us/səˈrɑʊnd/
to be around something on all sides:
Snow-capped mountains surround the city.
The house was surrounded by dense woods.
To surround something also means to have to do with it or to result from it:
I’m interested in the circumstances surrounding the accident.
The controversy that surrounded the police action led to a number of investigations.

surrounding

adjective[ not gradable ]us/səˈrɑʊn·dɪŋ/
Hundreds of people fled from the city and are now living in the surrounding countryside.

Examples of surround

surround
The field comprised a mosaic of conventionally-tilled and rye-mulched plots, surrounded by fields of maize, soybeans, alfalfa hay and mixed hardwood forest.
We wish to clarify these and welcome the chance her commentary provided to offer aspects of the social situation surrounding the case we presented.
Is there some concept, identifiable as 'perception', which affects or controls a human being's knowledge of the surrounding landscape?
There are views over the green roof below and into the canopies of the surrounding trees.
Besides the standard section, in every wave some questions are added to poll the opinions surrounding hot topics.
The subject of sea level rise is surrounded by uncertainties.
Secondly, the wildlife has to compete with the surrounding agriculture for the habitat.
Response rates were 96 per cent from the main valley and surrounding district.
There is a region of variant grammars closely surrounding every grammar.
The level of expression of the 6 isoform in the cells of the right bundle branch was always lower than that of the surrounding myocardium.
We will review herein some of the evidence and the caveats surrounding the neurodevelopmental hypothesis.
An intraventricular hemorrhage is a hemorrhage of the area surrounding the lateral cerebral ventricles.
There is also discussion of issues surrounding the quality of data.
However, given its convenience and the accessibility to surrounding plants, it may be an effective method for pre-planting applications.
The final chapter gives an inspiring overview of the complex problems surrounding market and non-market economic organisation.
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