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

• 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。
• Increasing P2P business not only increases the benefit of the majority users but also engulfs a large number of network resources, even causes network congestion and reduces the performance of other businesses.
  P2P业务的不断增加，在广大用户受益的同时，却吞噬大量的网络资源，甚至引起网络拥塞，降低了其他业务的性能。
• 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 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。
• Mr Perczel added: "When the light is bent it engulfs the object, much like water covering a rock sitting in a river bed, and carries on its path, making it seem as if nothing is there."
  派采尔补充说：“当光线弯曲时，它会吞没物体，就像河床里的水漫过岩石后会继续流淌，好像它流过的地方什么都没有。”
• 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。
• The past decades, especially in the past 10 years, has witnessed a rapid increase in Latin immigrants in the United States, which engulfs the assimilation speed of American Melting Pot.
  近10年来，美国出现了拉美裔移民激增的现象，远远超过美国文化熔炉的同化速度。
• If oil were spilled in the winter, cleanup would take place in the total darkness that engulfs the region during those months.
  如果石油在冬天发生泄露，清理工作就要在那几个月的一片漆黑中进行。
• 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。