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 flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• 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。
• This kind of economic magic game can go on for a while until political and social unrests engulf the Fascist regime.
  这种经济魔法游戏会持续下去，直到发生政治社会动乱，吞没法西斯政权。
• Macrophages are the immune cells that literally engulf and destroy deformed cells and attack invaders, like bacteria or viruses.
  巨噬细胞是一种免疫细胞，可吞噬和销灭畸形细胞以及攻击入侵者，如细菌或病毒。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They swarm to the injury to engulf and destroy bacteria with toxic molecules and biochemicals.
  白细胞游走到损伤区吞噬细菌并通过释放毒素分子和生化物质破坏细菌。
• The crowd will be happy to engulf you.
  快乐的人潮一下将你吞没。
• Instead of the rising tide which [ has] broadly benefited financial and investment markets for the last 10 to 20 years, we are now facing choppy seas which could engulf the broader economy globally.
  过去10到20年令金融与投资市场普遍受益的涨潮期已经过去，我们现在面对着一片波涛汹涌的大海，它可能会在全球范围内吞噬更广泛的经济体。