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.
雙語例句
1. Thomas crumpled the empty envelop and tossed it accurately into the wastebasket.
托馬斯把空信封捏成一團,隨手很準確地扔在廢紙簍里.
來自辭典例句
2. They pushed the envelop of pop music and became the biggest band of the 20 th century.
他們不斷革新流行樂界,因而成為20世紀最偉大的樂團.
來自常春藤生活英語雜志-2006年4月號
3. Which include envelop generator, low - freq oscillator, envelop control, manual control, etc.
這些手段是包絡發生器 、 低頻振蕩器 、 包絡控制 、 手動控制等.
來自互聯網
4. The papers are falling out of the envelop, push them back.
論文從封袋里掉出來了, 把它們放回原處.
來自互聯網
5. All combine to form a layer of mist to envelop this region.