engulf
英 [ɪn'gʌlf; en-]
美[ɛnˈɡʌlf]
- vt. 吞没；吞食，狼吞虎咽
词态变化
第三人称单数: engulfs;过去式: engulfed;过去分词: engulfed;现在分词: engulfing;
中文词源
engulf 吞没
en-, 进入，使。gulf, 海湾，吞没。
英英释意
- 1. engross (oneself) fully;
- "He immersed himself into his studies"
- 2. flow over or cover completely;
- "The bright light engulfed him completely"
英文词源
- engulf (v.)
- 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + gulf (n.) or else from Old French engolfer. Originally of seas, whirlpools, etc.; by 1711 of fire and other mediums. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Engulfed; engulfing.
实用场景例句
- Fear engulfed her.
- 她陷入深深的恐惧之中。
牛津词典
- The vehicle was engulfed in flames .
- 汽车被大火吞没。
牛津词典
- He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters.
- 他被一群记者团团围住。
牛津词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...the pain that engulfed him...
- 将他吞噬的苦痛
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The flat is engulfed in flames.
- 那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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.
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- Be like an island that no flood can engulf.
- 做不被洪水吞没的岛屿.
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- The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building.
- 大火经楼梯迅速蔓延至整座大厦.
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- Desire, could engulf our feeling, sense, even everything sometimes.
- 欲望, 有时候会吞噬我们的情感 、 理智 、 甚至是一切.
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- When waters engulf us we reach for a star.
- 情急智生.
辞典例句
- Floodwaters engulf a housing project in the Bajo Yuna community in central Dominican Republic.
- 洪水吞没了多米尼加中部巴杰优那社区的一处在建的住房工程项目.
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- An intense inferno, reaching temperatures of 2500 F will quickly engulf the aircraft.
- 高达2500华氏温度的火焰很快地吞噬整个飞机.
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- The desert storm is about to engulf you Ride awayride yourselves away.
- 沙漠地风暴会给你带来麻烦,偶地小家伙出发,你自己也得离开.
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- The desert storm is about to engulf you. Ride away, little boys , ride yourselves away.
- 沙漠的风暴会给你带来麻烦,我的小家伙出发, 你自己也得离开.
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- The smallest particles do the most damage, killing macrophages that engulf them in the pulmonary alveoli.
- 最小的二氧化硅颗粒往往会对把微粒吸入肺泡的巨噬细胞造成最大的伤害.
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- In the span of thirty years, such carnage would twice engulf this continent.
- 这种战争大屠杀曾在30年内两度侵吞这块大陆.
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