engulf

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlf]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlf]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响

过去式：engulfed　过去分词：engulfed　现在分词：engulfing　第三人称单数：engulfs　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9687 / COCA.9563

牛津词典

verb

• 包围；吞没；淹没
  to surround or to cover sb/sth completely
  1. He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters.
     他被一群记者团团围住。
  2. The vehicle was engulfed in flames .
     汽车被大火吞没。
• 严重影响
  to affect sb/sth very strongly
  1. Fear engulfed her.
     她陷入深深的恐惧之中。

柯林斯词典

• VERB （常指突然）吞没，吞噬
  If one thingengulfsanother, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
  1. A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed a block of flats...
     山体滑坡掩埋了一栋公寓楼，造成一名7岁男孩丧生。
  2. The flat is engulfed in flames.
     那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• VERB 使陷入（某种感觉或情绪）
  If a feeling or emotionengulfsyou, you are strongly affected by it.
  1. ...the pain that engulfed him...
     将他吞噬的苦痛
  2. He looked around his dark, cluttered office and was engulfed by a feeling of emptiness.
     他环顾自己昏暗杂乱的办公室，陷入一阵空虚之中。

英英释义

verb

• devote (oneself) fully to
  1. He immersed himself into his studies
  Synonym:steepimmerseplungeengrossabsorbsoak up
• flow over or cover completely
  1. The bright light engulfed him completely

双语例句

• The crowd will be happy to engulf you.
  快乐的人潮一下将你吞没。
• But I can't stay here for ever, and I know that when I leave here the cloud of fear will engulf me again.
  但是我不能永远都待在这儿，我知道当我离开的时候，恐惧的乌云会再次吞噬我。
• It stayed calmly by my side, as the storm continued to engulf me in all its fury.
  当暴风雨继续以它的狂暴吞没我时，那只鸟却镇静地陪伴着我。
• In the span of30 years, such carnage would twice engulf this continent.
  30年的战火中，战场上的尸骨是这片大陆人口的两倍！
• In his first televised address from the Oval Office Barack Obama spoke about the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, an environmental disaster that is also threatening to engulf his presidency.
  在他首场从椭圆形办公室发表的电视讲话中，贝拉克•奥巴马谈论了路易斯安那州海岸线边上的石油泄漏事件。这起环境灾难同时也威胁着要吞噬奥巴马的总统宝座。
• The walls of the sinuses are lined with endocytic cells which engulf any foreign particles that might be present in the lymph.
  窦的壁衬盖着内吞细胞，这些细胞能吞食淋巴中可能出现的任何一种外来颗粒。
• The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a400m vertical shaft, deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building.
  原来，墨西哥的燕子洞有四百米深，足以放下整个帝国大厦！
• The flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• Finally, to those nations who would make themselves our adversary, we offer not a pledge but a request: that both sides begin anew the quest for peace, before the dark powers of destruction unleashed by science engulf all humanity in planned or accidental self-destruction.
  最后，对于那些与我们为敌的国家，我们所要提供的不是保证，而是要求：双方重新着手寻求和平，不要等到科学所释出的危险破坏力量在有意或无意中使全人类沦于自我毁灭。
• Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.
  同我们的朋友和同盟国一起，我们会把握形势变化，以避免我们被吞没。