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

• "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。”
• Incredibly, while the rabbits hair literally engulfs it, the bunny itself weighs only six or seven pounds at max.
  虽然蓬松的毛发几乎把它自己全给遮住了，但这只小萌兔最重的时候竟然也才只有6、7磅。
• This new trade way which engulfs the whole world overwhelmingly brings the international logistics into the information orbit radically.
  正是这种以燎原之势席卷着整个世界的新的贸易方式从根本上将国际物流纳入了信息化的轨道。
• Increasing P2P business not only increases the benefit of the majority users but also engulfs a large number of network resources, even causes network congestion and reduces the performance of other businesses.
  P2P业务的不断增加，在广大用户受益的同时，却吞噬大量的网络资源，甚至引起网络拥塞，降低了其他业务的性能。
• 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。
• It engulfs you and leads the way in the flight.
  它危及到你和领导的方式飞行。
• Once the antibody-bearing virus latches onto a targeted cell, the hapless cell engulfs it in a membrane sac and pulls it inside.
  一旦这种带有抗体的病毒与目标细胞相接，该不幸的细胞就会形成膜泡，将病毒吞入细胞内。
• 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。
• 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。
• The past decades, especially in the past 10 years, has witnessed a rapid increase in Latin immigrants in the United States, which engulfs the assimilation speed of American Melting Pot.
  近10年来，美国出现了拉美裔移民激增的现象，远远超过美国文化熔炉的同化速度。