engulfs

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlfs]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlfs]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• There is a loud roar and a light engulfs them.
  一阵巨大的咆哮和一阵强光吞没了他们。
• In the new century, the informationization tide engulfs the entire world.
  进入21世纪，信息化浪潮席卷全球。
• Firemen battle to control a fire as it engulfs a residential area in Makati City, in suburban Manila.
  马尼拉郊区马卡蒂市，消防员在与吞没居民区火灾搏斗试图控制大火的蔓延。
• This was not Beijing, Shanghai or any of the other Chinese cities where a thick pall of smog regularly engulfs residents. It was Los Angeles almost 60 years ago, one of two western cities famous for choking levels of air pollution.
  这不是北京、上海或是任何一座经常被浓重雾霾笼罩的中国城市，而是近60年前的洛杉矶。西方有两座城市曾以呛人的空气污染而闻名，洛杉矶是其一。
• Mr Perczel added: "When the light is bent it engulfs the object, much like water covering a rock sitting in a river bed, and carries on its path, making it seem as if nothing is there."
  派采尔补充说：“当光线弯曲时，它会吞没物体，就像河床里的水漫过岩石后会继续流淌，好像它流过的地方什么都没有。”
• A cell, such as a white blood cell, that engulfs and absorbs waste material, harmful microorganisms, or other foreign bodies in the bloodstream and tissues.
  一种细胞，如白血球，吞食和消化血液和组织中的废物、有害微生物或其它异物。
• It is possible that the politicians still have a choice between orderly restructuring and a chaotic collapse that quickly engulfs everyone else.
  政治家们或许仍可在有序重组和迅速波及其它地区的混乱崩溃之间做出选择。
• If oil were spilled in the winter, cleanup would take place in the total darkness that engulfs the region during those months.
  如果石油在冬天发生泄露，清理工作就要在那几个月的一片漆黑中进行。
• Storm of Taxation Engulfs the Whole Country
  税政风暴席卷中国
• It engulfs you and leads the way in the flight.
  它危及到你和领导的方式飞行。