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To envelop something is to cover it or wrap it so completely that it is inside, as if a cloth had been pulled all the way around it.
To envelop something把某樣東西envelop is to cover it or wrap it so completely就是把它包住或裹住到完全 that it is inside在裡面 as if a cloth had been pulled all the way around it就像一塊布整個包住它一樣
Fog can envelop a harbour. Darkness can envelop a room. A blanket can envelop a child. Feelings can envelop you too — a quiet sadness, or a sudden warmth.
Fog can envelop a harbour霧可以envelop一個港口 Darkness can envelop a room黑暗可以envelop一個房間 A blanket can envelop a child毯子可以envelop一個小孩 Feelings can envelop you too情緒也可以envelop你 a quiet sadness, or a sudden warmth像是一股安靜的哀傷，或是一陣突然的溫暖
The word is a little literary; in everyday talk people often say wrap, cover, or surround.
The word is a little literary這個字有點文學性 in everyday talk日常說話時 people often say wrap, cover, or surround大家比較常說wrap、cover、或surround
Watch the spelling: the verb is envelop, with no extra e, and the stress falls on VEL (en-VEL-op). The paper thing you put a letter in is an envelope, with that extra e and different stress. They are family, but they are not the same word.
Watch the spelling要注意拼法： the verb is envelop, with no extra e動詞是envelop，沒有多一個e and the stress falls on VEL (en-VEL-op)重音在VEL（en-VEL-op） The paper thing you put a letter in is an envelope你拿來裝信的那張紙叫envelope with that extra e and different stress多了那個e，重音也不一樣 They are family他們是親戚 but they are not the same word但不是同一個字
組成From Middle English envolupen, from Old French anveloper, envoluper (modern French envelopper): en- + voloper, “to wrap.” The idea is “wrap up.”
同家族的字
- envelopethe paper wrapper for a letter; same French wrapping word, different spelling and job
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
envelopverb/ɛnˈvɛləp/
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To surround, enclose or enfold.
- In the fulness of time there was an eruption of the merry-makers to the sidewalk. The uninvited guests enveloped and permeated them, and upon the night air rose joyous cries, congratulations, laughter and unclassified noises born of McGary's oblations to the hymeneal scene.
- (b) sporophyte with foot reduced, the entire sporophyte enveloped by the calyptra, which is ± stipitate at the base.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。