Engulf
[ in'ɡʌlf ]
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vt. 吞没;包住;吞食;狼吞虎咽;
📝 例句
The house was engulfed in flames.
这房子被火苗吞噬了。
The flood engulfed the farms and destroyed the crops.
洪水吞没了农场,毁掉了庄稼。
engulf and destroy, as if by ingestion.
吞没并毁灭……，好像吃东西一样。
When waters engulf us we reach for a star.
情急智生。
they looked as if the least would engulf the town.
这种水墙之中连最下的似乎也能把市镇吞没。
🌱 联想助记
【记】en-enter进入,gulf-golf高尔夫的球洞:吞噬高尔夫球
✅ 同义词
📖 牛津释义
engulf
v[Tn esp passive 尤用於被动语态]
(fml 文) (of the sea, flames, etc) surround (sth) or cause (sth) to disappear; envelop （指海洋、 火焰等）包围（某物）或使（某物）消失; 包住; 吞没
a boat engulfed in/by the waves 被浪涛吞没的小船
(fig 比喻) engulfed in silence, misery 陷入寂静、 痛苦之中.
🔁 扩展释义
*[in'gʌlf]vt. 卷入, 吸进, 吞没, 使全神贯注
📖 同为「GMAT」词汇
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You must cut off one pound of flesh, no more, no less. And not one drop of blood must fall.
你必须割下整一磅肉，不准多也不准少。而且不准流一滴血。
But they would not listen to him. When they came to the river, a white man was waiting in the boat for them.
但是他们不听，当他们来到江边时，一个白人正在船上等着他们。
One moment we were walking along the top of a hill and now we could see no more than about thirty metres ahead of us.
一时间我们还在山顶上行走，而现在30公尺开外的地方我们都看不清了。