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

• 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。
• The crowd will be happy to engulf you.
  快乐的人潮一下将你吞没。
• The Cave of Swallows in Mexico is a400m vertical shaft, deep enough to engulf the Empire State Building.
  原来，墨西哥的燕子洞有四百米深，足以放下整个帝国大厦！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• In his first televised address from the Oval Office Barack Obama spoke about the oil spill off the coast of Louisiana, an environmental disaster that is also threatening to engulf his presidency.
  在他首场从椭圆形办公室发表的电视讲话中，贝拉克•奥巴马谈论了路易斯安那州海岸线边上的石油泄漏事件。这起环境灾难同时也威胁着要吞噬奥巴马的总统宝座。
• 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。
• 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。