词汇 | descend-on |
释义 | descend on somewhere collocation literary If a state such as darkness or silence descends on a place, it happens quickly in every part of it: Silence descended on the room. The glittering neon signs make a welcome sight as dusk descends on the plains. See descend A sudden hush descended on the auditorium. We left as darkness was descending on the place and nothing could have made us stay. A tense calm descended on the small Spanish town yesterday. Enclosing, surrounding and immersing beleaguer beleaguered beset border box someone/something in dunk enclosure fence something off flooding gather gift wrap gift-wrapped girdle siege soak steep steep something/someone in something submersion swaddle swamp |
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