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

• 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。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The walls of the sinuses are lined with endocytic cells which engulf any foreign particles that might be present in the lymph.
  窦的壁衬盖着内吞细胞，这些细胞能吞食淋巴中可能出现的任何一种外来颗粒。
• 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。
• No one should underestimate the viciousness of the recession likely to engulf America and spread round the world in 2009.
  任何人都不应低估这场衰退的危害性。这场衰退可能席卷美国，并在2009年波及全球。
• Macrophages are the immune cells that literally engulf and destroy deformed cells and attack invaders, like bacteria or viruses.
  巨噬细胞是一种免疫细胞，可吞噬和销灭畸形细胞以及攻击入侵者，如细菌或病毒。
• But I can't stay here for ever, and I know that when I leave here the cloud of fear will engulf me again.
  但是我不能永远都待在这儿，我知道当我离开的时候，恐惧的乌云会再次吞噬我。