in closeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

inclose ‎(三人称単数 現在形 incloses, 現在分詞 inclosing, 過去形および過去分詞形 inclosed)

1. (now まれに) Alternative form of enclose
   • 1727, John Ray, The wisdom of God manifested in the works of the Creation^[1], page 225:

     Vesalius (saith he) and others, make it a Peculiarity to Man, that the Pericardium, or Bag that incloses the Heart, should be fastned to the Diaphragm.

   • 1776, J. Justamond, A Philosophical and Political History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies^[2], translation of original by Abbé Resnal:

     From the stock, as well as from the branches, rises a jonquil flower, the pistil of which contains the husk which incloses the fruit.

   • 1898, Walter Tennyson Swingle, The grain smuts: how they are caused and how to prevent them^[3]:

     The spores of the covered smut are often retained till harvest by a thin membrane inclosing the smutted kernel and chaff, while the naked smut is usually all blown away long before harvest.