engulf
英 [?n'g?lf; en-]
美[?n?ɡ?lf]
- vt. 吞沒(méi)；吞食，狼吞虎咽
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?engulfs;過(guò)去式:?engulfed;過(guò)去分詞:?engulfed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?engulfing;
中文詞源
engulf 吞沒(méi)
en-, 進(jìn)入，使。gulf, 海灣，吞沒(méi)。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)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.
- 做不被洪水吞沒(méi)的島嶼.
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- 3. The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building.
- 大火經(jīng)樓梯迅速蔓延至整座大廈.
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- 4. Desire, could engulf our feeling, sense, even everything sometimes.
- 欲望, 有時(shí)候會(huì)吞噬我們的情感 、 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.
- 高達(dá)2500華氏溫度的火焰很快地吞噬整個(gè)飛機(jī).
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