surround

/səˈraʊnd/

意味: 周囲

例文: Trees formed a natural surround.
　　  木々が自然の囲みを作っていた。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: surround sound(サラウンドサウンド), surround view(サラウンドビュー), surround system(サラウンドシステム)

定義: 何かを取り囲むこと、または周りにあること。例えば、木々が家を囲んでいる場合、その家は木々に囲まれていると言えます。物理的に囲むだけでなく、状況や環境が何かを取り巻いている場合にも使われます。

surroundは約200,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

Definitions(定義)

Noun: the area in which something exists or lives
Verb: extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle
Verb: envelop completely
Verb: surround so as to force to give up
Verb: surround with a wall in order to fortify

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb

Examples(例文)

Noun: the country–the flat agricultural surround
Verb: The forest surrounds my property
Verb: smother the meat in gravy
Verb: The Turks besieged Vienna

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): beleaguer, besiege, border, circumvent, environ, environment, environs, fence, fence in, hem in, palisade, ring, skirt, smother, surround, surroundings, wall

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): attack, cover, geographical area, protect, touch

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): aluminize, attach, baltic state, bank, bark, bedaub, besiege, bind, blacklead, blanket, blindfold, blinker, blitz, board up, body guard, bombard, border, bread, brush, butter, cannonade, canopy, canvas, carpet, charm, clapboard, cling, cloak, coat, coif, colony, concrete, counterattack, country, cover, cover for, cowl, crape, crown, dar al-harb, dar al-islam, daub, defend, drape, dust, dust bowl, envelop, environment, environs, face, feather, felt, field, flake, flash, foil, french region, frost, gas, grass, gravel, grease, guard, hemisphere, hold, hood, hot spot, hug, immunize, insure, invade, jacket, keep, killing field, lag, laminate, lean on, lime, line, look out, mask, mothproof, mound over, mulch, narco-state, northern europe, oil, overprotect, paint, pall, panhandle, paper, parcel, paste, pepper, place, plank, plaster, put on, raid, recover, river basin, roof, rub, safeguard, semidesert, settlement, sheathe, sheet, shield, smother, sod, sphere, spray, spread, spritz, steel, storm, strafe, straw, strike, submarine, surround, territory, tile, torpedo, tract, turf, urban area, veneer, wall, wallpaper, wash, wax, whiteout, wilderness, wrap, zone

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): ambiance, blockade, circumvallate, cloister, ebb, element, enclose, fringe, girdle, habitat, hem in, medium, melting pot, parts, setting, stockade

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: besieger, border, fence, palisade, surround, surroundings, wall

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

中学レベル

英検3級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Atomic Habits, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anticipation, negative, positive