1Cover or enclose in paper or soft material.

他包装好圣诞礼物。

利奥诺拉用一条白色大浴巾裹住身体。

1. 1.1wrap something round/around Arrange paper or soft material round (someone or something), typically as a covering or for warmth or protection.
   包扎；缠绕
   wrap the bandage around the injured limb

   用绷带包扎受伤的肢体。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • She wrapped a paper napkin around her uneaten pretzel and gave him her full attention.
   • She stepped into a soft linen cloth and dried herself off, wrapping the towel around her long hair.
   • Sliding down from the car, she wraps her coat more tightly around her and jogs down the street.
   • If the outside corner is exactly plumb, and they seldom are, you can simply wrap the paper around the corner and begin from its edge on the other side of the corner.
   • I wrapped the fuzzy material around my chest and it hung down to my knees.
   • Serena is knitting and wraps a skein around Offred's hands.
   • Then, to my shock, she pulled off her coat so she wouldn't get it dirty and started wrapping bandages around the wounds people had received.
   • You can insulate your pipes with foam rubber sleeves or fiberglass insulation, wrapping the insulating material around the pipes.
   • She looked at him from anxious blue eyes for a moment, and then nonchalantly wrapped a line of gauze around her forearm.
   • Driving six thick logs into the soft soil, I wrapped the ropes around the supporters.
   • I wrapped the soft towel around me and used my hand to clear the mirror to stare at myself.
   • Darren sat up on the table while a nurse wrapped some bandages around his ribs.
   • Place the thawed spinach in several layers of paper towels; wrap the towel around the spinach and squeeze over the sink.
   • She was soon wrapping bandages around him, making sure to cover every cut.
   • To really show off this all-in-one dish, cut a 16x2 1/2-inch strip of parchment paper and wrap it around each dish.
   • I dried myself off with a soft towel and wrapped it around myself while I dried my hair and brushed my teeth.
   • Exactly how one can survive in severe subzero temperatures with a collection of blankets wrapped around them is a mystery to this viewer.
   • One girl has wrapped a gauze bandage around her little brother's head and smudged it with lipstick to mimic a bloody wound.
   • She watched quietly as Pete and colleague Les Goddard wrapped a small bandage around her favourite bear's head.
   • Once I opened the door, I saw Sakura sitting on the floor wrapping a bandage around her knee.

   Synonyms

   wind round, twist round, coil round, wrap round, weave, intertwine, interlink, interlace, interweave, interthread, criss-cross, entangle, tangle
2. 1.2 Place an arm, finger, or leg round.
   抱；搂
   he wrapped an arm around her waist

   他一只手搂着她的腰。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • It'll be tough to wrap your fingers all the way around the bar, but that's the point.
   • He just leant towards her, steadying himself with one hand, and wrapping the other round her waist.
   • She wrapped her rough fingers round the soft material of the bag and bought it back to her original sitting place.
   • As if misplaced there and forgotten, a burning cigarette jutted from between his fingers, which were wrapped around the handle bar.
   • Her fingers were tightly wrapped over the edge of the mattress and she watched the clock closely.
   • She wrapped her delicate arms warmly round his, beaming elegantly.
   • Leaning forward, she wrapped her gloved fingers around the cold railing as she wondered why she had refused Valmont's offer of a dance.
   • At that, Terel wrapped his fingers about her arm and began pulling her away.
   • I just wrapped my arms and legs round a handy railing and held tight.
   • Her eyes were cast down - almost in a guilty manner - to the ground and her fingers were wrapped tightly around the rim of the gold mask.
   • She shoved it back into his hands, but he put it back in her hand and wrapped her fingers over it.
   • She wrapped her fingers hard around her sister's thin wrists so that Talitha's sleepy moaning turned into a frightened whimpering.
   • He then felt his senses taking control as he wrapped his own arms round her and gave her a small squeeze.
   • I wrapped my arms unenthusiastically round his waist and we were off.
   • She looked into his small, delicate face and put her finger into his tiny hand, smiling as he wrapped his little fingers round it.
   • He released my hands, only to wrap his long fingers around my upper arms.
   • Fingers go white with loss of feeling having been wrapped round the work bag handles all day.
   • She then took a spoon, and wrapped Canolmed's fingers around it.
   • Angela gets her ticket checked and comes up behind us, wrapping her arms around Matt.
   • He laughed, placing his arms over mine, intertwining our fingers and wrapping both our arms around my upper torso.
3. 1.3 Clasp; embrace.
   抱紧；拥抱
   she wrapped him in her arms

   她把他紧紧地抱在怀里。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Remembering the way Chandra and Lydia had embraced her, Bryony wrapped her arms about the child.
   • Samara yelped when Ethan suddenly grabbed her and gave her a bear hug, wrapping her whole body with his open sweater.
   • Before I knew it though tears were streaming down my face and Marco reached over and wrapped me in a bear hug.
   • I felt Aunt Laura sit next to me and wrap me in another embrace.
   • Precious seconds later, they were wrapped in a tight embrace, each unwilling to let the other go.
   • I was wrapped in Diogenes' embrace and gazing sleepily at the flames as they danced within the confines of the fire pit.
   • Zeke brought his mouth to mine again, this time coaxing me to wrap him in an embrace.
   • Upon hearing them, the old woman wrapped Altair into an embrace similar to the one she'd given Ada, nearly squeezing the life out of him.
   • I felt someone wrap me in an embrace in the dark alley; I buried my head into their chest, smelling the sweet smell of vanilla.
   • She jumped into his embrace, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck as his own encircled her tiny frame.
   • For several minutes they embraced each other and wrapped themselves in loving passion.
   • A moment later the four of us were wrapped in a huge embrace.
   • Jordan was taken aback for a moment before he undid his seatbelt and leant over to his mother to wrap her in his embrace.
   • It was then that Adam noticed she had her hands wrapped around herself, covering herself up.
   • Immediately she was wrapped in an embrace, a familiar perfume filling her nose.
   • As a reaction the man grabbed her close to him, wrapping her into an embrace.
   • Two of them wrapped him in an embrace of mateship, holding his arms to his side.
   • The cool, mid-October air meant that we needed to start wearing jackets outside, and in our final embrace, he wrapped me in his.
   • Tom wrapped her body in a comforting embrace as George answered the question.
   • He wrapped her in his embrace as the panic he felt earlier finally subsiding.

   Synonyms

   embrace, hug, enfold, fold, enclose, envelop
4. 1.4informal Crash a vehicle into (a stationary object)
   〈非正式〉使（车辆）撞上（固定物体）
   Richard wrapped his car around a telegraph pole

   理查德开车撞上电话线杆。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • ‘The car had rear ended and literally wrapped itself round the lamppost,’ he said.
   • Smoke pours from the hood of the mangled car that has wrapped itself around a sturdy palm.
   • The car swerved and wrapped itself around a pole.
   • Toby recognized the car that was now wrapped around a pole; it belonged to one of the local teens.

2Computing
Cause (a word or unit of text) to be carried over to a new line automatically as the margin is reached, or to fit around embedded features such as pictures.

1. 2.1no object (of a word or unit of text) be carried over automatically as the margin is reached.
   〔计算机〕使换行
   when you type, the text wraps to the next line

   the text in the document wraps around the image

   Example sentencesExamples

   • The format options tell Vim that we want to automatically wrap comments but don't want code wrapped.
   • For another, the view doesn't stretch the width of the your screen, so text will end up wrapping when on the final page it might not.
   • These tools are useful, especially when trying to e-mail a long URL that is likely to wrap in the e-mail.
   • For some reason, the paragraph on the pages don't wrap - they just go on one line causing a horizontal scrollbar.
   • I'd like to do what one often sees in printed books - a picture is forced to the top of a page, and the text wraps around it.

3informal no object Finish filming or recording.

我们三天后准时完成拍摄。

1A loose outer garment or piece of material.

1. 1.1as modifier (of a garment) having one part overlapping another; wrap-around.
   裹身的衣服；包裹另一物品的东西
   a wrap skirt

   围裙。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • There was plenty of creativity on the ramp as Rohit played around with the traditional lungi and wrap skirt combining them with pants.
   • Sighing once again, Leanne changed out of the comfort of her pyjamas into a knee length brown skirt with sequins on the border and a pink ballet wrap cardigan.
   • Von Furstenberg's signature wrap dresses have been copied so many times that she often has no wish to be associated with them.
   • But, revolutionary as the wrap dress proved to be, then and now, she points out that it was hardly a ground-breaking concept.
   • Tuleh's ruffled wrap dress has little circle prints, and Emanuel Ungaro's cherry blossom branches print shirt is very fashionable.
   • Around her waist was a wrap skirt that tied in the front, brightly patterned with dark and sky blue flowers.
   • Elsie ran back into the Tardis, pulled on a black wrap dress and some black kitten heeled boots and re-appeared applying lip gloss.
   • I wore a sleeveless, black sweater and a black and whit checked wrap skirt.
   • Here's the wrap dress, and a peek in her closet will tell you what size to buy.
   • The wrap dress in particular is a chic way to cover up and stay cool.
   • She had finally chosen a black skirt and a white wrap blouse and black beads.
   • I dressed up and perhaps quirked it a little too much - my 50s style wrap dress and wrist corsage were a little bit strange to some people, I think.
   • After a swim, put on the wrap skirt over your bikini or swim suit, and go for a drink.
   • Top Shop usually has a few wrap dresses in its stores.
   • Typical usage is a simple trim on a hood or wrap scarf and the fur might just as easily be rabbit as mink.
   • Her emerald wrap skirt was also pulled with the wind.
   • For day, wide tweed trousers, a crocheted sweater, a poncho and a hat is a great flamboyant look, or a wrap dress and a bright yellow or green tweed coat with blue tights and fabulous shoes.
   • I tie the wrap cardigan around me and slip my shiny shoes on.
   • I wore a dark, denim wrap skirt with a cute, peasant top and of course a white jacket to keep me warm.
   • And you shouldn't go country dancing with high heels and a wrap dress on.
2. 1.2mass noun Paper or soft material used for wrapping.
   （纸或柔软的）包装材料
   plastic food wrap

   食品塑料包装纸。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Films are the type of flexible plastic used in plastic bags or food wrap, only much thicker.
   • I prefer to see my food in cello wrap with little indication that it was actually an animal or alive at one time.
   • The pumpkin-shaped balloon is composed of a lightweight polyethylene film about the thickness of ordinary plastic food wrap.
   • Seal it all in plastic kitchen wrap, and leave untouched for at least a week to 10 days.
   • They will need to wrap their hair with plastic food wrap or a shower cap.
   • Bones and plastic food wrap can cause choking and/or obstruct a pet's digestive system, and may require a surgical solution.
   • The silk yarn produced from these equipment can be used as wrap and is a substitute for the imported tasar one.
   • Remove, cut away the cling wrap and serve with the roe sauce.
   • To maintain humidity during germination, I place the flat in a plastic bag, cover it with plastic food wrap or use a plastic humidity cover.
   • The A-shaped cups are now covered in a shrink-sleeve wrap made from high-quality film.
   • Almost 100 bales of silage wrap, eight bales of straw and a number of tyres were destroyed as the blaze spread to his property.
   • He was slowly peeling the cling wrap from his sandwich.
   • Healthy skin can be pictured as a multi-layer cake covered by a single sheet of clear plastic food wrap to keep it fresh.
   • Tiny hands forming tiny people out of cereal, foil wrap or paper clips, illustrate the size of children's personally improvised art.
   • It's best to give the flavors a little time to meld, so wrap the sandwich in plastic wrap and store in the fridge for a few hours if you can.
   • These are all variations on the same thing, though: a soft cloth wrap that holds the baby close.
   • Remove from heat and cover with plastic wrap, pressing wrap against sauce.
   • He cut it in half, fat ways, and smiled at me as he wrapped each half in plastic deli wrap.
   • Forget the toy and just let Fluffy enjoy this colorful paper wrap saturated in pure catnip nectar.
   • In the Home department is a selection of Mother's Day cards, wrap and gifts from photo frames to books.
3. 1.3usually wraps A veil of secrecy maintained about something, especially a new project.
   〈喻〉秘密
   details of the police operation are being kept under wraps

   警察行动的细节保密。

   Example sentencesExamples

   • However, the details of when the group was to leave, or the exact route they would take, were kept under wraps by the organisers, who wanted it all to be a surprise for the participants.
   • While some celebs enjoy parading their latest beau for the camera, most keep their private lives under wraps, preferring to keep their loved ones out of the limelight and away from the gossips.
   • The firm's obsessive focus on secrecy helps keep any misdeeds under wraps, say the sources.
   • It goes without saying that I can expect your complete confidence and secrecy in keeping this matter under wraps prefatory to completion.
   • For all that she hogged the spotlight with her public persona, West vigilantly maintained her boundaries, pulling off the remarkable trick of keeping her private life under wraps.
   • The exact location of the bar and shop is currently under wraps, but Mr Batchelor has promised to unveil his long-awaited stadium designs before the end of the season.
   • Just how seriously council is considering that option, or other financial decisions associated with the project, is being kept under wraps.
   • Although she was keeping the details under wraps, town centre manager Debbie O'Brien did reveal that the theme of this year's display will be Winter Wonderland.
   • A seaside council criticised by the District Auditor over a contracts scandal was at the centre of a row yesterday for keeping the results of two investigations into what went wrong under wraps.
   • Because it did not have final approval, the project was kept under wraps.
   • The reason there's been such a concerted effort to keep information under wraps now seems obvious: it's because that information is embarrassing.
   • Details of the campaign by Visit Britain, the new organisation responsible for marketing Britain to the rest of the world, are being kept under wraps until the launch in September.
   • It hasn't been that hard to keep it under wraps because if I'm told not to repeat something, then I don't.
   • Although the exact sums are being kept under wraps, a five-figure deal for an England Under-21 squad player makes Howarth an absolute snip for Rovers.
   • He is also working on another project that he must keep under wraps at the moment.
   • Unlike Turner, who's accustomed to publicly displaying his developing work, Isaac has previously kept her dances under wraps.
   • Temasek has traditionally kept its performance and strategies under wraps but it dominates Singapore business like no other company in Western economies.
   • Details of the scheme are being kept under wraps, but it is likely to be a leisure and entertainment-based development, and the stadium will retain its sports facilities.
   • Intrigued by the regular knee problems encountered by footballers Dr Oyudo recruited the help of a number of English soccer stars, whose names have been kept firmly under wraps.
   • A separate rate would be arranged for families wishing to hire canoes, although many of the details of the project remain under wraps.

   Synonyms

   secret, top secret, confidential, strictly confidential, classified, restricted, hush-hush, off the record, not for publication/circulation, not to be made public, not to be disclosed

   unrevealed, undisclosed, unpublished, untold, unknown

   Latin sub rosa
4. 1.4British informal A small packet of a powdered illegal drug.
   〈英，非正式〉一小包白粉（毒品）
   a £5 wrap of speed

   Example sentencesExamples

   • Behind the ordinary front of one of the houses targeted police recovered 300 wraps of crack cocaine, which would have had a street value of £20 each.
   • Some of these substances could have been used fraudulently to mimic illicit drugs, a distinct possibility in the case of paracetamol, which was found powdered and in wraps.
   • The police found around 50 wraps of heroin at the house, with a street value of £20 each.
   • A drug dealer who sold wraps of heroin to undercover detectives has been jailed for three years.
   • Two drugs wraps were handed over for a total of £20.
   • In his pants, police found three wraps of heroin totalling 851 mg and two of crack cocaine totalling 311 mg.
   • In January another raid resulted in officers seizing heroin and six wraps with street value of £1, 500.
   • The rookie dealers are given about 10 wraps of heroin or crack cocaine at a time.
   • The next day, officers searched his home discovering three Ecstasy pills, seven wraps of cocaine and cannabis resin hidden in an aftershave box.
   • In addition to the cannabis paraphernalia, they found a wrap of cocaine worth £30 in his bag.
   • Lisa has tracked a drug dealer carrying 16 wraps of heroin through York city centre and radioed police to put them on his trail.
   • Four suspected wraps of class A drugs were found in a flat and taken away for analysis.
   • Four wraps of heroin and two wraps of crack cocaine were found.
   • Three wraps of white powder were later found when police searched her home.
   • A man threw a £70 wrap of heroin out of a window when police raided his Braintree home looking for drugs, Chelmsford Crown Court heard.
   • Six wraps of suspected drugs, money and other equipment were seized.
   • He told police it was a marijuana cigarette but when officers found it they discovered it was a bag containing wraps of crack cocaine weighing a total of just over four grammes.
   • After Brown let them into the property, they found two bags containing money along with four wraps of heroin and two wraps of cocaine inside a small wooden box.
   • On the kitchen table were some electronic scales which were switched on, a wrap of heroin and pieces of silver foil.
   • Officers discovered drugs worth more than £2,000, including more than 40 wraps of heroin and a similar number of crack cocaine rocks.

2informal usually in singular The end of a session of filming or recording.

好，停机。

3A tortilla wrapped around a cold filling, eaten as a sandwich.