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- envelop somebody/something (in something)
to wrap somebody/something up or cover them or it completely 包住；裹住；盖住 She was enveloped in a huge white towel. 她裹在一条白色大毛巾里。 🔊🔊 Clouds enveloped the mountain tops. 云雾笼罩着山顶。 🔊🔊 Darkness fell and enveloped the town. 黑暗降临，笼罩了整个城镇。 A feeling of despair enveloped him. 一种绝望的情绪笼罩了他。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryEnvelop is used with these nouns as the subject:- cloud
- darkness
- fog
- …
Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as invelop(e)): from Old French envoluper, from en- ‘in’ + a second element (also found in develop) of unknown origin.