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。
• 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。
• Gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something.
  多洞穴的好象要吞噬某人或某物似的。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• So if you engulf planet or large number of asteroids, you will have this Lithium-6 isotope in the spectrum of the star.
  所以，如果恒星吞噬过行星，或大量的小行星，就会有锂–6同位素存在于恒星的光谱中。
• He said the contagion of illegal strikes "will likely engulf the industry".
  他表示，非法罢工的蔓延“可能席卷整个行业”。
• 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。
• Listeria bacteria, for example, enter macrophage cells by luring these cells to engulf them.
  以李斯特菌为例，它会迷惑巨噬细胞并使之吞噬从而进入细胞。