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词汇 enfold
释义 enfold
verb[ T ]
 literaryuk /ɪnˈfəʊld/ us /ɪnˈfoʊld/
to closely hold or completely cover someone or something: 拥抱;包住;裹住
enfold someone in your armsHe enfolded her in his arms.他将她拥入怀中。
Synonyms
envelopliterary
wrap
Compare
enclose
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Having in your hands
ahold
arm
chokehold
clasp
clench
cling
cup
dandle
grasp
grip
hand in handidiom
handle
hang
hang on
hang/hold on like grim deathidiom
nurse
onto
purchase
seize
taken

Examples of enfold


enfold
The spiral stair-tower is enfolded by these forms, like an infant in the protective embrace of its parents.
In fact, they are enfolded into the integrals corresponding to diagrams 2 and 10, respectively.
The materialisation of his image is enfolded within the final cadence of the act, within a kinetic goal-orientated process.
Fully aware of these distinctions, it manipulates and exploits them, all the while aiming to mask them, to enfold them in its realities.
What makes this beautiful moment different from any other is simply the rare fact that its mystery enfolds its mechanics so completely.
She seeks to communicate her message of love by enfolding individuals in her 'divine' embrace.
Filled pods were removed from the grain legumes, and cobs were removed from the maize leaving the enfolding sheath attached to the plants.
Yet entities in the holomovie are also in implicate relations and thus enfolding each other.
We are simply human beings, enfolded in weakness and in hope, called together to change our world one hear t at a time.
The touch of the sea is sensuous, enfolding the body in its soft, close embrace.
South-east massing including dining facade, spiral stair-tower and side elevation of east wing: children's spiral stair rhymes with baby tower and is enfolded by 'parental' gableforms. 19g.
Sertoli cells enfold the spermatogenic cells and testicular spermatozoa, protecting them and supplying them with nourishment.
Lenten sorrow always enfolds the first feast.
They have become part of the countryside which at one time they dominated and by which they are now enfolded.
From the
Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
The base of the broad, sometimes fringed lip partially enfolds the column.
From
Wikipedia

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