[with obj.](一般作 be embayed)(chiefly of the wind) force (a boat) into a bay (主要指风)迫使(船只)进入海湾 ships were embayed between two headlands. 船只都被迫开进了2个陆岬围成的海湾。 ■[as adj. embayed]formed into bays; hollowed out by or as if by the sea 形成海湾的;被冲刷成海湾的 the embayed island. 有海湾的岛屿。 ■(chiefly Geology)enclose (something) in a recess or hollow (主地质)环抱,围住