单词 |
bewrap |
释义 |
bewrap, v.|bɪˈræp| Also in 3 biwrabbe. [ME. f. be- 1 + wrap v.] 1. trans. To wrap up, clothe, cover, envelop.
a1225Ancr. R. 260 Heo leiden hine up on heih in one crecche, mid clutes biwrabled [C. biwrabbet]. c1350Will. Palerne 1735 Alisaundrine..in þat oþer bereskyn bewrapped William. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W.) ii. (1495) 230 b/1 Why he had bewrapped her handes in his mauntell. 1578Banister Hist. Man v. 65 The nature of fleshes, which so plentifully bewrapped the frame of man. 1609J. Davies Holy Roode (1875) 17 Loe, a Wreath of Thornes bewraps thy Browes. 2. fig. a. To envelop, involve, clothe. b. To cover up, conceal.
a1430Wyclif Job. xviii. 11 (MS. S), Dredis..schulen bewrappe [1388 biwlappe] hise feet. 1481Caxton Reynard (Arb.) 71 He can bywrappe and couere his falshede. 1596J. Norden Progr. Pietie (1847) 54 Our corruptions..have bewrapped us in bondage to sin. |

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