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

• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• A poignant sense engulfed him of the one-way flow of time.
  他深感到岁月流逝，一去不回。
• You have died, a sheep without soul, which has already been engulfed by maggot's worm.
  您死了，一只绵羊没有灵魂，那些蛆虫已经准备好吞噬你。
• The house was soon engulfed in flames.
  房子很快被火焰吞没。
• 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。
• The tsunami that engulfed northeastern Japan two years ago has left some survivors believing they are seeing ghosts.
  在两年前发生那场席卷日本东北部的海啸后，现在一些幸存者认为自己能看到鬼魂。