engulfed is engulf's Past Tense

engulf

US [ɪnˈɡʌlf]
UK [ɪn'ɡʌlf]
  • v.把…卷入旋涡；吞没
  • Web淹没；吞噬；陷入
Simple Present：engulfs  Present Participle：engulfing  Past Tense：engulfed  

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Web Definition

v.
1.
把...卷入旋涡;吞没

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,把…卷入旋涡把…卷入旋涡,吞没吞没,淹没淹没,吞噬吞噬,陷入陷入
Category:AllAll,OralOral,WrittenWritten,TitleTitle,TechnicalTechnical
Source:AllAll,DictionaryDictionary,WebWeb
Difficulty:AllAll,EasyEasy,MiddleMiddle,HardHard
1.
The smog that has engulfed Moscow for a week eased a bit Tuesday, but the concentration of pollutants remained high.
周二，盘踞莫斯科达一周之久的烟雾稍有消散，但空气污染物浓度依然很高。
zhōu èr , pán jù mò sī kē dá yī zhōu zhī jiǔ de yān wù shāo yǒu xiāo sàn , dàn kōng qì wū rǎn wù nóng dù yī rán hěn gāo 。
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2.
Engulfed by the darkness of the night, he continued to move forward in the wood, alone and with his heart filled with an unnamed fear.
夜色茫茫，他在丛林中孤身继续往前走，心里感到一种无名的恐惧。
yè sè máng máng , tā zài cóng lín zhōng gū shēn jì xù wǎng qián zǒu , xīn li gǎn dào yī zhǒng wú míng de kǒng jù 。
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3.
The murky figure twisted into itself as the fire engulfed it. It hissed and howled. Bits of burning shadow fluttered off in the wind.
那个黑暗的影子在火焰吞噬它之后痛苦的扭曲著，它发出嘶嘶的哀嚎声，燃烧的影子随著风的吹拂不断地颤抖。
nà ge hēi àn de yǐng zi zài huǒ yàn tūn shì tā zhī hòu tòng kǔ de niǔ qū zhù , tā fā chū sī sī de āi háo shēng , rán shāo de yǐng zi suí zhù fēng de chuī fú bú duàn de chàn dǒu 。
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4.
The fire, believed to have been caused by an electrical malfunction, engulfed the building at People's Friendship University.
据说这场大火是由于使用电器不慎而引起的，大火吞没了友大的这座大楼。
jù shuō zhè chǎng dà huǒ shì yóu yú shǐ yòng diàn qì bú shèn ér yǐn qǐ de , dà huǒ tūn mò le yǒu dà de zhè zuò dà lóu 。
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5.
The dark night of the soul engulfed him, and he felt a strange, primeval terror he knew not what.
灵魂的黑夜笼罩了他，他感到一种奇异、原始、难以名状的恐惧。
líng hún de hēi yè lǒng zhào le tā , tā gǎn dào yī zhǒng qí yì 、 yuán shǐ 、 nán yǐ míng zhuàng de kǒng jù 。
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6.
The scenery caught fire, then exploded in a conflagration that engulfed the auditorium within a minute or two.
布景着了火，大火在在一两分钟之内就吞噬了整个剧场。
bù jǐng zhe le huǒ , dà huǒ zài zài yì liǎng fēn zhōng zhī nèi jiù tūn shì le zhěng gè jù chǎng 。
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7.
Many perished trying to escape from Zacharo, a village in the Elis district in south-western Greece, as it was engulfed by flames.
位于希腊西南部Elis区的村庄Zacharo被大火包围，大批民众被迫逃离家园。
wèi yú xī là xī nán bù Elis qū de cūn zhuāng Zacharo bèi dà huǒ bāo wéi , dà pī mín zhòng bèi pò táo lí jiā yuán 。
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8.
IT SEEMS, for the moment, as if South Africa's governing class is being engulfed by charges of corruption.
这一刻看起来，似乎南非领导阶层都陷入贪腐丑闻。
zhè yí kè kàn qǐ lái , sì hū nán fēi lǐng dǎo jiē céng dōu xiàn rù tān fǔ chǒu wén 。
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9.
Confused by the sea in the wind, the bullied, engulfed, injuries are the steep stone loyalty.
海在风的蛊惑下，欺辱、吞噬、伤害着忠贞不二的峭石。
hǎi zài fēng de gǔ huò xià , qī rǔ 、 tūn shì 、 shāng hài zhe zhōng zhēn bú èr de qiào shí 。
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10.
I thought of that dark green wall that seemed to have engulfed the brilliant yellow .
我想起了深绿色的那面墙，它一时淹没了这一片耀眼的金黄；
wǒ xiǎng qǐ le shēn lǜ sè de nà miàn qiáng , tā yì shí yān mò le zhè yī piàn yào yǎn de jīn huáng ;
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