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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++en·case /ɪnˈkeɪs/ verb [transitive]  AROUND/ROUNDto cover or surround something completely 包住;把围住encase something in something His broken leg was encased in plaster. 他骨折的腿上打着石膏。→ See Verb table
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encaseTo protect power station workers from this invisible threat the reactor core has to be encased behind many metres of thick concrete.In some forms, the whole of the head and body was encased in a cuirass of bony plates.He was encased in a great deal of expensive burgundy metal, and his car was coming right at me.It's encased in concrete and steel and will stay in place for tens of years.But the cool grape leaves that encase the rice like gift wrapping are fork tender.The iron lung encased Virginia in a vacuum.encase something in somethingAndre's right arm was encased in a cast.
en·case verbChineseSyllable
completely cover Corpus something to surround or


encase
encase /ɪnˈkeɪs/ verb [transitive]
to cover or surround something completely
    encase something in something
    His broken leg was encased in plaster.


en·caseBrE /ɪnˈkeɪs/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈkeɪs/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they encase BrE /ɪnˈkeɪs/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkeɪs/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it encases BrE /ɪnˈkeɪsɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkeɪsɪz/ 🔊past simple encased BrE /ɪnˈkeɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkeɪst/ 🔊past participle encased BrE /ɪnˈkeɪst/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkeɪst/ 🔊 -ing form encasing BrE /ɪnˈkeɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈkeɪsɪŋ/ 🔊 [often passive] ~ sth (in sth) (formal) to surround or cover sth completely, especially to protect it 把…装箱(或围住、包起)The reactor is encased in concrete and steel. 核反应堆由钢筋混凝土围封住。🔊🔊