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

• 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。
• 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 flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• 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。
• No one should underestimate the viciousness of the recession likely to engulf America and spread round the world in 2009.
  任何人都不应低估这场衰退的危害性。这场衰退可能席卷美国，并在2009年波及全球。
• 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！
• 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。
• When it does, the sun will expand to engulf the inner planets and possibly Earth.
  一旦变成红巨星的时候，太阳将会膨胀并吞没内围的行星，也许包括地球在内。
• 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。
• It may soon confound realists who think that for all his flaws, Mr Assad is preferable to the chaos that could engulf Syria in his absence.
  现实主义者们可能很快就会感到挫败&在他们看来，尽管阿萨德有这样那样的缺陷，但总强于把他赶下台后、让叙利亚陷入无尽的混乱之中。