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engulf vt.吞没；席卷；吞噬 (1) 大浪吞没了小舟。(2) 汹涌的大海吞没了那艘小机帆船。(3) 一阵悲伤吞噬了他们。 Suppose an amusement park had a ride called Into the Whirlpool. Sounds like one for thrill-seekers who aren't afraid of water. Riders should expect to get lost inside, fully absorbed by the experience. The word engulf comes from the Old French word golfe, meaning "whirlpool," and the prefix en-, meaning "in or into." Riders of Into the Whirlpool should expect to feel engulfed — surrounded by water and completely covered.

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英 [ɪn'ɡʌlf] 美 [ɪn'ɡʌlf] (1) The waves engulfed the boat.(2) The stormy sea engulfed the small motor sailboat.(3) A wave of grief engulfed them. Engulf is a verb that means being completely surrounded, soaked, or covered. Fire, snow, smoke, flood waters, or even violence are a few things that could engulf you. 1[VERB 动词]（常指突然）吞没，吞噬 If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.   [V n]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。The flat is engulfed in flames.那套公寓被火焰吞噬。2[VERB 动词]使陷入（某种感觉或情绪） If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it.   [V n]...the pain that engulfed him...将他吞噬的苦痛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。

英语单词	engulf
英美音标	英 [ɪn'ɡʌlf] 美 [ɪn'ɡʌlf]
中文释义	vt.吞没；席卷；吞噬
英语例句	(1) The waves engulfed the boat. (2) The stormy sea engulfed the small motor sailboat. (3) A wave of grief engulfed them.
中文例句	(1) 大浪吞没了小舟。 (2) 汹涌的大海吞没了那艘小机帆船。 (3) 一阵悲伤吞噬了他们。
vocabulary简明	Engulf is a verb that means being completely surrounded, soaked, or covered. Fire, snow, smoke, flood waters, or even violence are a few things that could engulf you.
vocabulary扩展	Suppose an amusement park had a ride called Into the Whirlpool. Sounds like one for thrill-seekers who aren't afraid of water. Riders should expect to get lost inside, fully absorbed by the experience. The word engulf comes from the Old French word golfe, meaning "whirlpool," and the prefix en-, meaning "in or into." Riders of Into the Whirlpool should expect to feel engulfed — surrounded by water and completely covered.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（常指突然）吞没，吞噬 If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way. [V n] 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。 The flat is engulfed in flames. 那套公寓被火焰吞噬。 2 [VERB 动词]使陷入（某种感觉或情绪） If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. [V n] ...the pain that engulfed him... 将他吞噬的苦痛 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。

Engulf Engulfed Ed Completely Covered Riders Expect Word