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

• It engulfs you and leads the way in the flight.
  它危及到你和领导的方式飞行。
• 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。
• "Obviously job creation has to improve," cutting says, "as well as the gridlock that engulfs Washington."
  “显然，必须进一步改善就业状况，”卡廷说，“同时还需要解决政府的僵局。”
• In the new century, the informationization tide engulfs the entire world.
  进入21世纪，信息化浪潮席卷全球。
• 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。
• In the soft nonlinear regime at which the field exhibits limit cycle oscillation, the chaotic region increases and gradually engulfs the whole phase space as the current increases.
  在场呈极限环状态的“软”非线性区域，电子的混沌轨道占据大部分相空间；
• 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。
• 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。
• Firemen battle to control a fire as it engulfs a residential area in Makati City, in suburban Manila.
  马尼拉郊区马卡蒂市，消防员在与吞没居民区火灾搏斗试图控制大火的蔓延。
• Today which engulfs the entire world at the financial crisis, our country economy the pressure which faced with the exterior demand remarkable reduction, the economical speed-up recedes obviously.
  在金融危机席卷全球的今天，我国经济面临外部需求显著减少、经济增速明显回落的压力。