embay

embay
verb
  1. [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
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