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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。