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　

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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

When it does, the sun will expand to engulf the inner planets and possibly Earth.
一旦变成红巨星的时候，太阳将会膨胀并吞没内围的行星，也许包括地球在内。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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！
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。
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。
It may soon confound realists who think that for all his flaws, Mr Assad is preferable to the chaos that could engulf Syria in his absence.
现实主义者们可能很快就会感到挫败&在他们看来，尽管阿萨德有这样那样的缺陷，但总强于把他赶下台后、让叙利亚陷入无尽的混乱之中。
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。