engulfed

英 [ɪnˈɡʌlft]

美 [ɪnˈɡʌlft]

v.  包围; 吞没; 淹没; 严重影响
engulf的过去分词和过去式

过去分词：engulfed　过去式：engulfed　

COCA.45984

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

• The farm was engulfed in drifting sands.
  该农场被流沙淹没了。
• It was not to be, and you were overwhelmed by the darkness that engulfed your world.
  因为你不可能让黑暗吞没你的世界。
• Fear and despair engulfed me.
  恐惧和绝望吞没了我。
• Their hair and clothes were on fire but there was nothing they could do as the fire engulfed them.
  他们的头发和衣服都着了火，但是，当大火吞噬着他们的身体时，他们却什么也做不了。
• One theory was that this sandbank had blocked flowing waters and generated huge whirlpools that engulfed vessels.
  有专家认为，这个沙坝阻挡了席卷而来的水流，由此形成的巨大漩涡将船只无情倾没。
• Then I will become the ultimate ruler of this wasteland engulfed with pandemonium!
  然后，我将成为这片被地狱所吞噬的荒土的绝对者。
• Russia then annexed Ukraine's Black Sea Crimean Peninsula, and a pro-Russia mutiny has engulfed eastern Ukraine.
  俄罗斯紧接着就吞并了乌克兰的黑海克里米亚半岛，一场亲俄的反抗席卷了乌克兰东部。
• If we overlook the bright angel, the devil will always darkness engulfed us.
  假如我们忽略了天使的光明，魔鬼的黑暗随时就会将我们吞噬。
• An economic crisis engulfed the entire capitalist world.
  经济危机席卷了整个资本主义世界。
• A tidal wave completely engulfed the village.
  海啸将村庄完全淹没了。