🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

围绕

Pronunciation / Transliteration: wéi rào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Encircle/ɪnˈsɜːr.kəl/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"孩子们在游戏中围绕着树。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To form a circle around; to surround.

    "The children encircle the tree during their game."
  2. 2

    To enclose or encompass something.

    "The fence encircles the entire property."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'encircle' originates from the Middle English term 'encirclen', which is derived from the prefix 'en-' meaning 'to cause to be in' and 'circle', from Latin 'circulus', a diminutive of 'circus', meaning 'circle'. The term has evolved to denote the action of surrounding something completely.

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