Embrace

(noun.) a close affectionate and protective acceptance; 'his willing embrace of new ideas'; 'in the bosom of the family'.

(noun.) the act of clasping another person in the arms (as in greeting or affection).

(noun.) the state of taking in or encircling; 'an island in the embrace of the sea'.

(verb.) squeeze (someone) tightly in your arms, usually with fondness; 'Hug me, please'; 'They embraced'; 'He hugged her close to him'.

(verb.) include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory; 'This group encompasses a wide range of people from different backgrounds'; 'this should cover everyone in the group'.

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• Receive at parting;' here he gave him a southern embrace, and kissed him soundly on both cheeks; 'the word of a gentleman! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• No thought could be admitted of entering to embrace her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• She only felt in his embrace a dear assurance that while he possessed her, he would not despair. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Such is the sole conjugal embrace I am ever to know--such are the endearments which are to solace my leisure hours! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Dorothea was altogether captivated by the wide embrace of this conception. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The embrace disconcerted the daughter-in-law somewhat, as the caresses of the old gentleman, unshorn and perfumed with tobacco, might well do. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• An arm of the main conflagration had shot out a half mile south of its parent to embrace this tiny strip of road in its implacable clutches. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• Good-by, my dear lad, said Justinian, as he embraced the brave poet. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The report from Sheridan embraced his operations up to his passing the outer defences of Richmond. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Amelia opened the case, and giving a little cry of delighted affection, seized the boy and embraced him a hundred times. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• He embraced her, solemnly commended her to Heaven, and humbly thanked Heaven for having bestowed her on him. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• Little Dorrit thanked her, and embraced her, over and over again; and finally came out of the house with Clennam, and took coach for the Marshalsea. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The field of battle continued to expand until it embraced about seven miles of ground. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• They embraced accordingly, and departed on their several roads. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Smith, embracing the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers, had been added to my jurisdiction. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Dear Tom,' she answered, rising and embracing him, 'how long it is since you have been to see me! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• He was embracing his sisters, and ogling Miss Rachel, while he honoured me with that testimony of affection. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Jane (bending towards and embracing me), do you mean it now? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Why did she betray the two of them so terribly, in embracing the glow of the evening? 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• From first to last Edison has filed in the United States Patent Office--in addition to more than 1400 applications for patents--some 120 caveats embracing not less than 1500 inventions. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Bell's patent of 1876 was of an all-embracing character, which only the make-and-break principle, if practical, could have escaped. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• After a battle, they and the boys soothe and relieve the wounded warriors; also they encourage them with embraces and pleasant words. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• What were his kisses, his embraces. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• You consider my arms filled and my embraces appropriated? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Therefore I cannot doubt that the theory of descent with modification embraces all the members of the same great class or kingdom. 查尔斯·达尔文. 物种起源.
• The first embraces such arts and industries, or such apparatus, as have already been treated. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• In France--who, knowing me to have been a prisoner in the Bastille, would touch me, except to overwhelm me with embraces, or carry me in triumph. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• William had got into the carriage, released from the embraces of his landlord. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.

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