Surrounding

Definition

surround /sǝ'raƱnd/ v (က) ~ sb/ sth (with sb/ sth) ရံသည္။ ပတ္သည္။ ဝိုင္းသည္။ Fire-fighters have surrounded the blaze. ❍ They have surrounded the area with police. ❍ ( fig ) He likes to surround himself with (ie live among) beautiful things. (ခ) ~ sth/ sb (with sth) ဝိုင္းသည္။ ပတ္ သည္။ ရံသည္။ Tall trees surround the lake. ❍ The house is surrounded by beautiful countryside. ❍ ( fig ) Uncertainty still surrounds the appointment of a new director. ၫႊန္ၾကားေရးမႉးအသစ္ခန္႔အပ္ေရးမွာ မတင္မက်ပင္ ရိွေနေသး သည္။ ❍ As a child I was surrounded with love and kindness. n ပတ္လည္ကလနား။ a fireplace with a tiled surround. ❏ surrounding adj ပတ္ဝန္းက်င္။ From the church tower you can get a splendid view of the village and the surrounding countryside. ❏ surroundings n [pl] ပတ္ဝန္းက်င္။ ထက္ဝန္းက်င္။ ဝန္းက်င္။ live in pleasant surroundings ❍ In game parks one can watch wild animals in their natural surroundings.

Examples

1. He found himself surrounded by an admiring crowd.
2. Can you name the states that surround Colorado?
3. [surround something with something] : People are surrounding their homes with barbed wire fences.
4. Armed police quickly surrounded the building.
5. You are surrounded! Put down your weapons!
6. Uncertainty surrounds the future of the industry.
7. The book was surrounded by controversy.
8. She grew up surrounded by older children.
9. [surround yourself with something] : Maureen loved to surround herself with art.