中文翻译与英英解释

vt.
把…卷入旋涡；吞没。
n.
-ment

devote (oneself) fully to; "He immersed himself into his studies"
同义词：steep, immerse, plunge, engross, absorb, soak up,

flow over or cover completely; "The bright light engulfed him completely"

例句与用法

When water engulfed us we reach for a star .
我们情急智生。

When waters engulf us we reach for a star .
情急智生。

A poignant sense engulfed him of the one-way flow of time .
他深感到岁月流逝，一去不回。

When she remembered, the fear engulfed her again .
等她记了起来的时候，她又被恐惧吞噬了。

An economic crisis engulfed the entire capitalist world .
经济危机席卷了整个资本主义世界。

Once more, the weariness of a few minutes earlier engulfed him .
他又一次显出刚才那种疲倦不堪的神情。

It engulfed colleagues and associates as well as opponents .
它不仅仅是针对对手，而且是针对同事和助手的。

I was engulfed in labyrinths of trouble too great to get out at all .
我陷入困难的迷宫中去，简直无法脱身。

Hemingway suppresses emotion, wolfe engulfs the reader in feeling .
海明威感情压抑，沃尔夫却把读者卷进感情的漩涡。

The quaint persian city has been engulfed by a roaring metropolis .
那富有奇趣的波斯城市已经被一座喧嚣的大都会所吞没。