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

• 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。
• An economic crisis engulfed the entire capitalist world.
  经济危机席卷了整个资本主义世界。
• Fear and despair engulfed me.
  恐惧和绝望吞没了我。
• Whether or not the Earth is engulfed depends on which of two effects wins out.
  地球是否被吞噬取决于两个效应中哪个效应更强大。
• The house was soon engulfed in flames.
  房子很快被火焰吞没。
• The powerful blast burst the hotel's gas cylinders and triggered a blaze that quickly engulfed the300-room hotel.
  强大的爆炸爆裂酒店的气瓶，并引发大火很快吞噬了300间客房的酒店。
• The farm was engulfed in drifting sands.
  该农场被流沙淹没了。
• A poignant sense engulfed him of the one-way flow of time.
  他深感到岁月流逝，一去不回。
• 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。
• The flat is engulfed in flames.
  那套公寓被火焰吞噬。