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

• 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”。
• The flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If we are not strong enough to cover all the minds up, then they will engulf us, and we are in danger.
  如果我们不够坚强来抵挡大众的意念，就会有被他们吞没的危险。
• 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。
• 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。