engulf

[US]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
[UK]/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 吞没;吞食,狼吞虎咽
Word Forms
现在分词engulfing
第三人称单数engulfs
过去分词engulfed
过去式engulfed
复数engulfs

Phrases & Collocations

engulfed in flames

被火焰吞噬

engulfed by water

被水淹没

Example Sentences

the cafe was engulfed in flames.

咖啡馆成了一片火海。

Europe might be engulfed by war.

战火可能席卷欧洲。

The little boat was engulfed by the waves.

小船被波浪吞没了。

The waves engulfed the boat.

大浪吞没了小舟。

a feeling of anguish so great that it threatened to engulf him.

一种强烈的痛苦颇有要将他压垮之势。

A photographer had fused the lights,engulfing the entire house darkness.

一位摄影师把电灯的保险丝烧断了,使整栋房子陷于黑暗当中。

The walls of the sinuses are lined with endocytic cells which engulf any foreign particles that might be present in the lymph.

窦的壁衬盖着内吞细胞,这些细胞能吞食淋巴中可能出现的任何一种外来颗粒。

All the way, darkness engulfs the daytime, wave sinks the boat, trivialism conquers the ardour.

一直都是,黑暗吞噬了白昼,恶浪击沉了轻舟,琐碎征服了激情。

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