Engulf
[ɪn'gʌlf;en-] or [ɛnˈɡʌlf]
解释:
(verb.) flow over or cover completely; 'The bright light engulfed him completely'.
欧文整理--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To absorb or swallow up as in a gulf.
埃尔希编辑
同义词及近义词：
v. a. [Written also Ingulf.] Absorb, swallow up.
编辑:波西亚
同义词及反义词：
[See ABSORB]
整理:怀亚特
解释:
v.t. to swallow up wholly as in a gulf: to cast into a gulf: to overwhelm.—n. Engulf′ment.
格斯编辑
例句:
- As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Some implored the gods to succor them, and some believed that this night was the last, the eternal night which should engulf the universe! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The sun already was low, so that I did not have long to wait before the sudden darkness of Barsoom engulfed us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- Then the sun went down and darkness that could almost be felt engulfed us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
- No one who looks at my slow face can guess the vortex sometimes whirling in my heart, and engulfing thought and wrecking prudence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
校对:托妮