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Yawn Envelop Pie Base Ghai Ghi Gape French

正面 10918.envelop
英 [ɪn'veləp; en-]美 [ɪn'vɛləp]

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释义:
vt. 包围;包封;遮盖n. 信封;包裹
例句:
1. Thomas crumpled the empty envelop and tossed it accurately into the wastebasket.托马斯把空信封捏成一团,随手很准确地扔在废纸篓里.

1. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => chasm (from Greek khaskein / khainein "yawn, gape").2. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => hiatus (from Latin hiare "yawn, gape").3. PIE base *ghai- / *ghi- "yawn, gape" => gap, gape, yawn.
envelop 包住,围住en-, 进入,使。-velop, 围,绕,词源同develop,wind.
envelop (v.)late 14c., envolupen, "be involved" (in sin, crime, etc.), from Old French envoleper "envelop, cover; fold up, wrap up" (10c., Modern French envelopper), from en- "in" (see en- (1)) + voloper "wrap up," which is of uncertain origin, perhaps Celtic (see Gamillscheg, Diez) or Germanic ("Century Dictionary"). Literal sense is from 1580s. Related: Enveloped; enveloping."

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