engulf
英 [?n'g?lf; en-]
美[?n?ɡ?lf]
- vt. 吞没；吞食，狼吞虎咽
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词态变化
第三人称单数:?engulfs;过去式:?engulfed;过去分词:?engulfed;现在分词:?engulfing;
中文词源
engulf 吞没
en-, 进入，使。gulf, 海湾，吞没。
英文词源
- engulf (v.)
- 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + gulf (n.) or else from Old French engolfer. Originally of seas, whirlpools, etc.; by 1711 of fire and other mediums. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Engulfed; engulfing.
双语例句
- 1. When waters engulf us we reach for a star.
- 情急智生.
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- 2. Be like an island that no flood can engulf.
- 做不被洪水吞没的岛屿.
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- 3. The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building.
- 大火经楼梯迅速蔓延至整座大厦.
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- 4. Desire, could engulf our feeling, sense, even everything sometimes.
- 欲望, 有时候会吞噬我们的情感 、 理智 、 甚至是一切.
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- 5. An intense inferno, reaching temperatures of 2500 F will quickly engulf the aircraft.
- 高达2500华氏温度的火焰很快地吞噬整个飞机.
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