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engulfing

/en-guhlf/US // ɛnˈgʌlf //UK // (ɪnˈɡʌlf) //

吞噬,吞噬性的,吞噬的,吞噬式

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.

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Examples

  • 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.