engulfed

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlft]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlft]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：engulfed　过去式：engulfed　

COCA.45984

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。

双语例句

• Russia then annexed Ukraine's Black Sea Crimean Peninsula, and a pro-Russia mutiny has engulfed eastern Ukraine.
  俄罗斯紧接着就吞并了乌克兰的黑海克里米亚半岛，一场亲俄的反抗席卷了乌克兰东部。
• The farm was engulfed in drifting sands.
  该农场被流沙淹没了。
• Its far more likely that without international action, Libya would now be engulfed in civil war and bloodshed.
  如果没有国际行动，更有可能出现的情况是，利比亚现在会陷入内战和流血之中。
• If we overlook the bright angel, the devil will always darkness engulfed us.
  假如我们忽略了天使的光明，魔鬼的黑暗随时就会将我们吞噬。
• The flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• Since then, violence has engulfed both the Muslim dominated Kashmir Valley and the Hindu dominated Jammu region.
  从那以后，暴力便席卷了穆斯林控制的克什米尔谷地和印度教徒占主导的查谟地区。
• One theory was that this sandbank had blocked flowing waters and generated huge whirlpools that engulfed vessels.
  有专家认为，这个沙坝阻挡了席卷而来的水流，由此形成的巨大漩涡将船只无情倾没。
• The tsunami that engulfed northeastern Japan two years ago has left some survivors believing they are seeing ghosts.
  在两年前发生那场席卷日本东北部的海啸后，现在一些幸存者认为自己能看到鬼魂。
• It has been engulfed, like the rest of the world, by recession and shrinking global trade.
  它已经像世界其他国家一样被经济衰退和全球贸易萎缩所吞没。
• The house was soon engulfed in flames.
  房子很快被火焰吞没。