The surrounding farmland supplied the town with fresh vegetables and grain throughout the growing season.
周围的农田在整个生长季节为小镇供应新鲜的蔬菜和谷物。
Civil engineer Marcus Webb notes that many transit stations were built with sewer and water systems sized only for low-density surrounding neighborhoods, meaning mixed-density rezoning would require costly utility upgrades that could delay or offset the housing benefits Roy describes.
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A climatologist argues that restoring oyster reefs along a stretch of coastline has measurably improved water clarity by filtering suspended sediment from the surrounding water.
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An archaeologist proposes that a newly excavated highland village relied on terraced farming to grow crops on its steep surrounding slopes.
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Which choice best defines “surrounding”?
B — Located around something. “surrounding” means located around something.
Which word means “located around something”?
B — surrounding. “surrounding” means located around something.
surrounding — located around something. In Chinese: 周围的，附近的.
surrounding is pronounced /səˈraʊndɪŋ/.
The surrounding farmland supplied the town with fresh vegetables and grain throughout the growing season. (周围的农田在整个生长季节为小镇供应新鲜的蔬菜和谷物。)
adjacent, neighboring, nearby — all close in meaning to surrounding (located around something).
distant, remote — each the opposite of surrounding (located around something).
Yes. surrounding is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.