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be wreathed in sth
常用被动语态，表示被某物环绕或笼罩；也用于比喻，如 be wreathed in smiles（面带笑容）。
The old castle was wreathed in fog.
古堡笼罩在雾中。
缓慢蜿蜒移动；缭绕
wreathes — third person singular of wreathe
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
缓慢蜿蜒移动；缭绕
to move slowly in a twisting or sinuous way
The old castle was wreathed in fog.
古堡笼罩在雾中。
与缠绕或扭曲相关的义项
Senses relating to intertwining or twisting.
与剧烈运动相关的义项
Senses relating to vigorous movement.
wreathe
Base
原形
wreathes
3rd person
第三人称单数
wreathing
-ing
现在分词
wreathed
Past
过去式
wreathed
Past participle
过去分词
Mist wreathes the mountaintop every morning.
每天早晨薄雾环绕着山顶。
She is wreathing the hall with ivy for the ceremony.
为了典礼，她正在用常春藤装饰大厅。
They wreathed the soldier's grave with laurel.
他们用月桂环绕那位士兵的坟墓。
wreathe 常表示“环绕、笼罩”或“用花环/花环装饰”，可作及物或不及物动词，过去式和过去分词均为 wreathed。
The old cottage was wreathed in climbing roses.
那座老农舍被攀缘的玫瑰环绕着。
Morning mist wreathed the lake before sunrise.
日出前，晨雾笼罩着湖面。
She wreathed the wedding arch with fresh flowers.
她用鲜花将婚礼拱门环绕起来。
常用被动语态，表示被某物环绕或笼罩；也用于比喻，如 be wreathed in smiles（面带笑容）。
The old castle was wreathed in fog.
古堡笼罩在雾中。
侧重用花环、花枝等装饰某处。
They wreathed the church with holly at Christmas.
圣诞节时他们用冬青枝装饰教堂。
宾语为花、枝叶等，into 后接编成的物件。
The children wreathed wildflowers into a crown.
孩子们把野花编成了花冠。
不及物用法，描述烟雾等缓慢回旋、盘绕。
Thin smoke wreathed around the chimney.
一缕轻烟在烟囱周围缭绕。
Not this
She put a wreathe of flowers on the door.
Use this
She put a wreath of flowers on the door.
wreathe 是动词，意为“环绕、缠绕、用花环装饰”，而表示“花环”的名词是 wreath。这里需要名词作宾语，所以应使用 wreath。
Not this
The smoke wreath up the chimney.
Use this
The smoke wreathed up the chimney.
wreath 是名词，不能作谓语动词；“缭绕、盘旋上升”应用动词 wreathe，且根据语境用过去式 wreathed。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
被烟雾缭绕；笼罩在烟雾中
The valley was wreathed in smoke from the brush fires.
山谷被灌木丛火灾的烟雾笼罩。
笑容满面
Her face was wreathed in smiles when she received the award.
她领奖时笑容满面。
缠绕在……周围
Vines wreathed around the old pillars.
藤蔓缠绕在旧柱子上。
用鲜花环绕；饰以花环
The fountain was wreathed with flowers for the spring festival.
春季节日期间，喷泉用鲜花环绕着。
缭绕上升
Smoke wreathed upward from the chimney into the cold air.
烟雾从烟囱中缭绕上升，飘入寒冷的空气中。
满脸笑容
The winner stood on the podium, wreathed in smiles.
获胜者站在领奖台上，满脸笑容。
被薄雾笼罩
The ancient castle was wreathed in mist at dawn.
黎明时分，古老的城堡被薄雾笼罩。
被烟雾缭绕
The chimney was wreathed in smoke on the cold winter morning.
寒冷的冬日早晨，烟囱被烟雾缭绕。
Use wreathes naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 wreath（花环）加个 e，想象花环绕圈盘绕、烟雾缭绕：wreathe 就是“环绕/缭绕”。
语域：formal 常见场景：literary prose、poetry、formal figurative description wreathe 多用于文学或正式书面语，常见于 wreathed in smoke 这类比喻性描写中；日常口语里较少使用。
Genuine rhymes: breathe (/briːð/), sheathe (/ʃiːð/), seethe (/siːð/), teethe (/tiːð/) all end with the same /iːð/ sound as wreathe (/riːð/). Lookalikes with different sounds: wreath (/riːθ/) has a voiceless final /θ/, and wrath (/ræθ/) differs in both vowel and final consonant.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.