
英:/'ɪnˈɡʌlf/ 美:/'ɪnˈɡʌlf/
吞没
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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vt. 吞没;吞食,狼吞虎咽
The pain that engulfed him was caused by me.
他所陷入的痛苦是我造成的。
The villages on the beach were engulfed by the waves.
海滩上的村庄被海浪吞没了。
He didn't eat anything all day, no wonder he engulfed a whole dish of pizza.
他一整天没有吃东西了,怪不得狼吞虎咽地吃完了一整盘披萨。
The flames rapidly engulfed the house.
大火很快吞没了那座房子
The crisis threatens to engulf several others.
这个危机波及了其它几个成员。
I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。
The next Ice Age could take only weeks to engulf Britain.
下次冰期吞噬英国可能只需几个星期。
The PAD was nurtured by the palace and now threatens to engulf it.
PAD被王室扶植,并且现在威胁着将其吞掉。
It has morphed into something that could easily engulf the global economy.
它已经演变为一场可以轻易席卷全球经济的力量。
vt.|gulf/devour;吞没;吞食,狼吞虎咽
engulf(动词)指“完全吞没、包围或覆盖某物”,常用于描述物理或抽象事物被迅速、彻底地吞噬。该词源自拉丁语“ingurgitare”(意为“吞入”),后经古法语“engolfer”演变而来。
该词在学术文献中常被用于描述自然灾害或社会危机,如“海啸engulf沿海城市”的场景(来源:韦氏词典)。
单词engulf 的详细解释如下:
Engulf 是及物动词,意为“完全吞没、包围或覆盖”,通常指某物被另一物体或现象迅速、彻底地包裹或淹没。既可用于物理层面的描述(如火焰、水等),也可用于抽象情感(如情绪、恐惧等)。
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