engulf
- v. 吞没，淹没；使陷入（某种思绪或情绪）；狼吞虎咽
[ 第三人称单数 engulfs 现在分词 engulfing 过去式 engulfed 过去分词 engulfed ]
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
engulf /ɪnˈɡʌlf/ TEM4 ( engulfing, engulfed, engulfs )
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V-T If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way. 吞没
例：A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed an apartment block.
山崩掩埋了一座公寓楼之后，一名7岁的男孩被发现遇难。
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V-T If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. 使陷于
例：...the pain that engulfed him.
…他所陷入的痛苦。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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The crisis threatens to engulf several others.
这个危机波及了其它几个成员。
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I have come into the deep waters; the floods engulf me.
我到了深水中。大水漫过我身。
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The PAD was nurtured by the palace and now threatens to engulf it.
PAD被王室扶植，并且现在威胁着将其吞掉。
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European countries have been trying to stem the tide of a near financial meltdown that started in Greece, but is now threatening to engulf other heavily indebted countries.
VOA: standard.2010.05.26
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When they do that they can actually engulf the bacteria in a process called phagocytosis and break them down into antigens.
免疫细胞确实是将细菌整个吞进了肚内,这一过程称为吞噬作用,并将细菌分解成小抗原
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