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1 to surround a city with a wall
to surround a city (house) with a wall (with a fence) обнести город (дом) стеной (забором)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to surround a city with a wall
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2 surround
1. IIIsurround smth. surround the garden (the house, the estate, the field, etc.) окружать сад и т.д., идти /тянуться/ вокруг сада и т.д.; surround smb., smth. surround a man (a carriage, a square, a deathbed, etc.) обступать /окружать/ человека и т.д.; hills surround the plain холмы со всех сторон обступают равнину; the troops surrounded the city (the fort, the enemy, etc.) войска окружили /осадили/ город и т.д., войска взяли город и т.д. в кольцо; the police surrounded the house полиция окружила дом: many dangers surround us нас со всех сторон подстерегают опасности2. XIbe surrounded the troops were surrounded войска были окружены /попали в котел/; be surrounded by /with/ smth. be surrounded by /with/ a moat (by walls, with wire, etc.) быть обнесенным /окруженным/ рвом и т.д.; the garden is surrounded by poplars сад обсажен тополями; the island is surrounded by the sea остров со всех сторон омывается морем; the great hall is surrounded by a wide gallery вокруг большого зала идет широкая галерея; be surrounded in smth. the affair is surrounded in mystery это дело окружено тайной; be surrounded by smb., smth. be surrounded by admirers (by hosts of friends, by a crowd of eager listeners, by curious spectators, etc.) быть окруженным поклонниками и т.д.; they were surrounded by the police полиция взяла их в кольцо; he is surrounded by danger ему со всех сторон грозит опасность; surrounded by journalists в окружении журналистов3. XXI1surround smth. with smth. surround a park with a wall (a field with a high fence, etc.) обнести парк стеной и т.д.; surround smb. with smth. surround smb. with luxury (with every comfort, with affection, etc.) окружить кого-л. роскошью и т.д.; surround smb. at some place our army surrounded the enemy at X наша армия окружила противника в пункте X
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