資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Wrap \Wrap\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Wrapped}or {Wrapt}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Wrapping}.] [OE. wrappen, probably akin to E. warp.
   [root]144. Cf. {Warp}.]
   1. To wind or fold together; to arrange in folds.

            Then cometh Simon Peter, . . . and seeth . . . the
            napkin that was about his head, not lying with the
            linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by
            itself.                               --John xx. 6,
                                                  7.

            Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About
            him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. --Bryant.

   2. To cover by winding or folding; to envelop completely; to
      involve; to infold; -- often with up.

            I . . . wrapt in mist Of midnight vapor, glide
            obscure.                              --Milton.

   3. To conceal by enveloping or infolding; to hide; hence, to
      involve, as an effect or consequence; to be followed by.

            Wise poets that wrap truth in tales.  --Carew.

   {To be wrapped up in}, to be wholly engrossed in; to be
      entirely dependent on; to be covered with.

            Leontine's young wife, in whom all his happiness was
            wrapped up, died in a few days after the death of
            her daughter.                         --Addison.

            Things reflected on in gross and transiently . . .
            are thought to be wrapped up in impenetrable
            obscurity.                            --Locke.