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单词 embower
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Definition of embower in English:

embower

verb ɛmˈbaʊəɪmˈbaʊəəmˈbou(ə)r
[with object]literary
  • Surround or shelter (a place or a person), especially with trees or climbing plants.

    〈诗/文〉(尤指用树或攀缘植物)环绕;遮蔽(地方,人)

    the house stood remote, embowered in trees

    那房子地处偏僻,掩蔽在树林之中。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Vast tombs, embowered beneath the weeping willow and the fir tree, told of the antiquities of the Lloyd family, as well as of their wealth.
    • There they sit, the two old friends, embowered in the snugness of their first-floor rooms.
    • You'll find it painted pink, like a rare orchid embowered by its own green leaves.

Rhymes

bower, cower, devour, dower, empower, endower, flour, flower, gaur, Glendower, glower, hour, lour, lower, our, plougher (US plower), power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, sweet-and-sour, tower

Definition of embower in US English:

embower

verbəmˈbou(ə)r
[with object]usually be emboweredliterary
  • Surround or shelter (a place or a person), especially with trees or climbing plants.

    〈诗/文〉(尤指用树或攀缘植物)环绕;遮蔽(地方,人)

    the house stood remote, embowered in trees

    那房子地处偏僻,掩蔽在树林之中。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There they sit, the two old friends, embowered in the snugness of their first-floor rooms.
    • You'll find it painted pink, like a rare orchid embowered by its own green leaves.
    • Vast tombs, embowered beneath the weeping willow and the fir tree, told of the antiquities of the Lloyd family, as well as of their wealth.
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