engulf 详细解释

engulf

[in'gʌlf]

vt.吞没, 席卷, 吞噬

vt.

吞没; 卷入

The house was engulfed in flames.

这房子被火苗吞噬了。

The flood engulfed the farms and destroyed the crops.

洪水吞没了农场, 毁掉了庄稼。

词形变化

名词: engulfment | 动词过去式: engulfed | 动词过去分词: engulfed | 动词现在分词: engulfing | 动词第三人称单数: engulfs |

词义辨析

同义:

vt.吞噬

swallow  devour  flood  inundate  

同义参见:

overtake  

英英释义

动词 engulf:

engross (oneself) fully

同义词:steep, immerse, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up

flow over or cover completely

补充

engulfengulf英:[inˈɡʌlf] 美:[ɛnˈɡʌlf]vt.1.吞没, 包住The little boat was engulfed by the waves.小船被波浪吞没了。

例句

1. their fears that their properties could be engulfed by mud他们为财产可能被泥浆淹没的担忧 2. 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。 3. The house was soon engulfed in flames.那幢房子很快就被火焰吞噬了。 4. Finally panic engulfed him.最终他陷入了恐慌之中。 5. the pain that engulfed him将他吞噬的痛苦 6. The overflowing river has engulfed many towns and villages along its banks.泛滥成灾的河水已把其沿岸一带的许多城乡给淹没了。 7. She engulfed herself in her studies.她埋头攻读。 8. The monkey engulfed the food whole.这只猴子囫囵吞下食物。 9. the cafe was engulfed in flames.咖啡馆成了一片火海。 10. Europe might be engulfed by war.战火可能席卷欧洲。 11. a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.一种强烈的痛苦颇有要将他压垮之势。 12. The valley was engulfed in a thick fog.整个山谷被浓雾所笼罩。 13. Flames engulfed the building.火焰吞噬了大楼。 14. The city threatens to engulf the nearby suburbs.附近郊区面临被这座城市吞并的威胁。 15. The entire country has been engulfed by chaos/crisis/violence.整个国家陷入了混乱/危机/暴力。 16. He found himself engulfed by fear.他发现自己充满了恐惧。