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engulf

verb
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
(formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they engulf
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlf/
he / she / it engulfs
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlfs/
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlfs/
past simple engulfed
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlft/
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlft/
past participle engulfed
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlft/
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlft/
-ing form engulfing
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ/
🔊/ɪnˈɡʌlfɪŋ/
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  1. engulf somebody/something to surround or to cover somebody/something completely包围；吞没；淹没
    • He was engulfed by a crowd of reporters.他被一群记者团团围住。🔊🔊
    • The vehicle was engulfed in flames.汽车被大火吞没。🔊🔊
  2. engulf somebody/something to affect somebody/something very strongly严重影响
    • Fear engulfed her.她陷入深深的恐惧之中。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (formerly also as ingulf): from en-, in- ‘in, on’ + gulf.