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

• Once the antibody-bearing virus latches onto a targeted cell, the hapless cell engulfs it in a membrane sac and pulls it inside.
  一旦这种带有抗体的病毒与目标细胞相接，该不幸的细胞就会形成膜泡，将病毒吞入细胞内。
• Facing the financial crisis which engulfs the entire world, The technological innovation effect appears more important.
  面对席卷全球的金融危机，技术创新的作用显得更为重要。
• It engulfs you and leads the way in the flight.
  它危及到你和领导的方式飞行。
• Today which engulfs the entire world at the financial crisis, our country economy the pressure which faced with the exterior demand remarkable reduction, the economical speed-up recedes obviously.
  在金融危机席卷全球的今天，我国经济面临外部需求显著减少、经济增速明显回落的压力。
• Storm of Taxation Engulfs the Whole Country
  税政风暴席卷中国
• Along with the enhancement of nationals 'opening degree and the sales space increasing, economic integration storm engulfs the world in the new century.
  在新世纪，随着各个国家开放程度的日益增强，销售空间的不断增大，经济一体化的风暴席卷全球。
• 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。
• 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。
• Incredibly, while the rabbits hair literally engulfs it, the bunny itself weighs only six or seven pounds at max.
  虽然蓬松的毛发几乎把它自己全给遮住了，但这只小萌兔最重的时候竟然也才只有6、7磅。
• 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。