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

• 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。
• 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 poignant sense engulfed him of the one-way flow of time.
  他深感到岁月流逝，一去不回。
• Russia then annexed Ukraine's Black Sea Crimean Peninsula, and a pro-Russia mutiny has engulfed eastern Ukraine.
  俄罗斯紧接着就吞并了乌克兰的黑海克里米亚半岛，一场亲俄的反抗席卷了乌克兰东部。
• 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。
• Since then, violence has engulfed both the Muslim dominated Kashmir Valley and the Hindu dominated Jammu region.
  从那以后，暴力便席卷了穆斯林控制的克什米尔谷地和印度教徒占主导的查谟地区。
• 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 farm was engulfed in drifting sands.
  该农场被流沙淹没了。
• 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。
• Fear and despair engulfed me.
  恐惧和绝望吞没了我。