surrounds
surrounds — verb
- surroundspresent simple I / you / we / they
- surroundses3rd person singular
- surroundsing-ing form
- surroundsedpast simple
1. to be placed in a complete circle around a person, thing, or place, so that it l
to be placed in a complete circle around a person, thing, or place, so that it lies on every side of what is in the middle.
A row of tall apartment blocks surrounds the playground behind our school.
surround + noun phrase for physical position
A ring of candles surrounds the cake on Adina's dining table.
Dense fog surrounds the bridge each morning before the buses arrive.
The museum is surrounded by small cafes and narrow side streets.
- expose
to leave something open instead of having things around it
文法句型
surround + noun phrase
用法筆記
Often appears in the passive form be surrounded by. The subject is usually something physical such as walls, buildings, trees, water, or fog.
常見錯誤
2. to place people, vehicles, or weapons all around someone or somewhere so that no
to place people, vehicles, or weapons all around someone or somewhere so that nobody inside can get away and must give up.
The police team surrounds the cabin before dawn and orders the suspect outside.
surround + place in an arrest situation
A ring of officers with riot shields surrounds the van at the prison gate.
The rebels were surrounded on the hillside and soon ran out of food.
An armed unit surrounds the flat and waits for the gunman to come out.
- besiege
more formal and often suggests a longer military action
- cordon off
focuses on sealing an area rather than forcing surrender inside it
- hem in
more informal and often used for limiting movement
- release
to let someone leave instead of keeping them trapped
文法句型
surround + noun phrase to stop escape
用法筆記
Usually used in police or military situations. Distinguish from sense 1, where something is simply on every side and there is no idea of trapping anyone.
常見錯誤
surrounds — noun
1. the land, scenery, and general setting that lie close around a place on every si
the land, scenery, and general setting that lie close around a place on every side.
The guesthouse stands in quiet surrounds of pine trees and streams.
plural noun: in quiet surrounds of + place
From the castle tower, visitors can admire the green surrounds for miles.
Felipe loved the snowy surrounds of the ski village in winter.
New roads changed the rural surrounds of the temple too quickly.
- surroundings
the ordinary everyday word and much more common than surrounds
- setting
can include the visual background and atmosphere of a place
- environs
more formal and less common in everyday speech
文法句型
in ... surrounds
the surrounds of + place
用法筆記
This noun is usually plural and appears most often in travel, landscape, or property descriptions. In everyday speech, surroundings is much more common.