engulf是什么意思？

engulf

英[ɪnˈgʌlf] 美[ɛnˈɡʌlf]

• vt. 吞没，包住，吞食，狼吞虎咽；

第三人称单数：engulfs;

过去式：engulfed;

过去分词：engulfed;

现在分词：engulfing;

例句

• The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building. 大火经楼梯迅速蔓延至整座大厦.
• Be like an island that no flood can engulf. 做不被洪水吞没的岛屿.
• When waters engulf us we reach for a star. 情急智生.

同义词

• vt.
  engulf的同义词之：吞噬
  swallow, inundate, flood, devour,
• engulf的同义词之：其他释义
  flood, devour, swallow, overtake, inundate,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  （常指突然）吞没，吞噬
  If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
  例句
  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。 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 emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it.
  例句
  ...the pain that engulfed him... 将他吞噬的苦痛 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。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  吞没, 包住
  The little boat was engulfed by the waves. 小船被波浪吞没了。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. engross (oneself) fully;
  "He immersed himself into his studies"
  2. flow over or cover completely;
  "The bright light engulfed him completely"