embracement

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A clasp in the arms; embrace. countable,uncountable
    — Kinde wordes, and mutuall talke, makes our greefe greater. Therefore with dum imbracement let vs part,
  2. State of embracing, encompassing or including various items; inclusion. countable,uncountable
    — The question of flies—using that, to a woodsman, eminently connotive word in its wide embracement of mosquitoes, sand-flies, deer-flies, black flies, and midges—is one much mooted in the craft.
  3. Act or state of embracing or accepting; willing acceptance. countable,uncountable
    — […] what Destiny has ordered I am resolved with an adventerous Resolution to subscribe to, and with a contented imbracement enjoy it.
  4. State of being contained; enclosure. countable,uncountable
    — […] the Sun […] of himself, ever shineth and seeth all things, if his Beams be not stopt with a Cloud or some other thick imbracement […]

词形变化

embracements plural imbracement alternative

词源

From Middle English embracement, enbracement, from Old French embrassement; equivalent to embrace + -ment.
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