engulf

音标发音

• 英式音标 [ɪn'gʌlf; en-]
• 美式音标 [ɛnˈɡʌlf]
• 国际音标 [in'ɡʌlf]
• 英式发音
• 美式发音

基本解释

• vt.吞沒；蓆卷；吞噬

词根记忆

• en(進入) + gulf(海灣；深淵)→進入深淵→吞沒
• en(進入) + gulf(大溝)→吞噬
• en + gulf(海灣)→被海灣的巨浪吞噬→吞噬

同根派生

• engulf相关词

英汉例句

• When waters engulf us we reach for a star.
  情急智生.
• Be like an island that no flood can engulf.
  做不被洪水吞沒的島嶼.
• The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building.
  大火經樓梯迅速蔓延至整座大廈.
• When waters engulf us we reach for a star.
  情急智生.
• Together with our friends and allies, we will work to shape change, lest it engulf us.
  同我們的朋友和同盟國一起, 我們會把握形勢變化, 以避免我們被吞沒.

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词组短语

短語

• engulf index 吞噬指數
• engulf in 吞沒
• engulf f 蓆卷;吞沒;吞噬
• to engulf 蓆卷;吞噬
• engulf swallow 吞沒

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

• to surround and cover something or someone completely

柯林斯英英字典

• If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.
• If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it.

• engulf剑桥字典
• engulf柯林斯字典

专业释义

琯理學

• 吞沒

生物學

• 吞沒;吞食