encircle /ɪnˈsɜːkəl/ TEM4 ( encircling, encircled, encircles )

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  V-T To encircle something or someone means to surround or enclose them, or to go around them. 环绕

  例：

  A forty-foot-high concrete wall encircles the jail.

  一道40英尺高的水泥墙环绕着该监狱。