engulfing 的定义
- to swallow up in or as in a gulf; submerge: The overflowing river has engulfed many small towns along its banks.
- to plunge or immerse, as into a gulf: He engulfed himself in his studies.
engulfing 近义词
absorb, overwhelm
更多engulfing例句
- Ukraine’s capital was engulfed in fire as anti-government protesters armed with molotov cocktails battled against gun-touting police forces.
- It’s unrealistic to think that the cascade of chaos which has engulfed us for the past year won’t take its toll on our heads.
- Their mass engulfed some of the Notre Dame players even as Clemson players appeared to exit easily with the help of beefed-up security.
- Lawrence was the surest thing in college football — an entity burdened currently by hypocrisy, bad optics and a lack of uniformity — but now he symbolizes the doubt that engulfs the sport.
- In 2013, flooding engulfed downtown Calgary, rising up the stands at the city’s hockey stadium.
- On Friday, VA chief Eric Shinseki finally publicly took charge of the scandal engulfing his agency.
- This sad drama has been compounded by an engulfing fog of speculation, frequently reaching a tone of hysteria.
- A sprint from the alley to the east into the greenbelt and the engulfing woods.
- One came close, as the wind suddenly shifted, to engulfing an Arab house.
- The Syrian conflict threatens to draw America, Russia, and Europe into a wild inferno engulfing the entire Mideast.
- Food may be taken into the body at any point, the semifluid protoplasm simply rolling over and engulfing the food material.
- He pointed out of the window across the street, where the rapidly-gaining fire was engulfing the building.
- With a little murmured cry she released herself, and flitted away into the engulfing darkness.
- From forty to fifty, the flower in full bloom, the period of engulfing passions, of urgent transitory satisfactions.
- The wretched man cried out wildly, like one who sees an engulfing wave too late.