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 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• A tidal wave completely engulfed the village.
  海啸将村庄完全淹没了。
• A poignant sense engulfed him of the one-way flow of time.
  他深感到岁月流逝，一去不回。