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

• 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。
• Throughout his six months in charge of the European Union Nicolas Sarkozy, French president, tried hard to carve out a role for Europe in responding to the financial crises that engulf the world with some success.
  在担任欧盟（eu）轮值主席的6个月内，法国总统尼古拉萨科齐（nicolassarkozy）一直不遗余力地推动欧洲参与到应对席卷全球的金融危机中来并取得了一定的成功。
• 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。
• 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。
• Composition No.79 manifests a cragginess and complexity that engulf the overall image but the aesthetic conclusion is astoundingly sublime and pleasing to the eye.
  《构图第79号》所呈现的陡峭和复杂吞噬了整个画面，可是美术效果是意外地壮观且赏心悦目。
• 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。
• 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。
• The pollution is expected to engulf Beijing until Wednesday, when wind will arrive to blow the smog away, according to a weather report from the meteorological station.
  根据北京气象站的天气预报，严重空气污染将持续影响北京至周三即1月16日，周三将有一股冷空气抵到北京吹散雾霾。
• 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。
• Macrophages are the immune cells that engulf and destroy the debris of damaged tissue to enable the healing process to begin.
  巨噬细胞是吞噬和消除受损组织碎片以启动修复过程的免疫细胞。