sur.round

surround的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [səˈraund]
KK音标发音： [səˈraʊnd]

surround的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle.
围绕：同时扩展到每一边；围绕

2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication.
包围，圈禁：围住或关闭每一边以阻止逃跑或外部沟通

surround的词性：
n.（名词）

3. Something, such as fencing or a border, that surrounds:
边缘：象栅栏或边框一样围绕的东西：

a fireplace surround.
壁炉边缘

4. The area around a thing or place:
四周：一物体或地方的周围：

inflammation extending to the surround of the eye.
火焰伸到了眼睛的边上

5. Surroundings; environment:
周围，环境：

“It was the country, the flat agricultural surround, that so ravished me”(Listener)
“正是这乡间、这平坦的农田如此令我陶醉”(听众)

6. A method of hunting wild animals by surrounding them and driving them to a place from which they cannot escape.
围猎：一种猎取野兽的方法，即围住它们并把它们赶到一个无法逃离的地方

surround的词源：

7. Middle English surrounden [to inundate]
中古英语 surrounden [淹没]

8. from Old French suronder
源自 古法语 suronder

9. from Late Latin superund3re
源自 后期拉丁语 superund3re

10. Latin super- [super-]
拉丁语 super- [超]

11. Latin und3re [to rise in waves] from unda [wave] * see wed- ¹
拉丁语 und3re [波浪上涨] 源自 unda [波浪] *参见 wed- ¹

surround， circle， compass， encircle， encompass， environ， gird， girdle， ring

12. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to lie around and bound on all sides”:
这些动词共有的中心意义是“四周延伸并限制每边”：

a city surrounded by suburbs;
被郊区包围着的城市；

a crown circling a king's head;
环绕国王头部的皇冠；

a mountain peak compassed by fog;
雾气缭绕的山峰；

a belt encircling her waist;
围在她腰部的皮带；

a lake that encompasses an island;
环绕小岛的湖泊；

oases environed by the desert;
沙漠包围着的绿洲；

a castle girded by a moat;
护城河围绕的城堡；

gardens girdling a bird bath;
围绕鸟澡盆的花园；

a dinner table ringed with guests.
围坐着客人的餐桌