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

• 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。
• 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。
• It is quite easy to get engulfed in the hysterics and you have to be careful.
  人很容易情绪失控，你要小心。
• 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。
• The house was soon engulfed in flames.
  房子很快被火焰吞没。
• Its far more likely that without international action, Libya would now be engulfed in civil war and bloodshed.
  如果没有国际行动，更有可能出现的情况是，利比亚现在会陷入内战和流血之中。
• An economic crisis engulfed the entire capitalist world.
  经济危机席卷了整个资本主义世界。
• Syria and Iraq are engulfed by conflict, and Libya is in turmoil.
  叙利亚和伊拉克被卷入冲突之中，利比亚陷入动乱。
• And rather than drowning in US dollars central banks the globe over were engulfed by a vicious dollar shortage.
  全球各央行不是被美元所淹没，而是被恶性美元短缺所吞噬。
• The little boat was engulfed in the waves.
  小船被波浪吞没了。