engulf
英 [?n'g?lf; en-]
美 [?n?ɡ?lf]
中文詞源
engulf 吞沒en-, 進入，使。gulf, 海灣，吞沒。
英文詞源
- engulf (v.)
- 1550s, from en- (1) "make, put in" + gulf (n.) or else from Old French engolfer. Originally of seas, whirlpools, etc.; by 1711 of fire and other mediums. Figurative use from 1590s. Related: Engulfed; engulfing.
雙語例句
- 1. When waters engulf us we reach for a star.
- 情急智生.
來自辭典例句
- 2. Be like an island that no flood can engulf.
- 做不被洪水吞沒的島嶼.
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- 3. The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building.
- 大火經樓梯迅速蔓延至整座大廈.
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- 4. Desire, could engulf our feeling, sense, even everything sometimes.
- 欲望, 有時候會吞噬我們的情感 、 理智 、 甚至是一切.
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- 5. An intense inferno, reaching temperatures of 2500 F will quickly engulf the aircraft.
- 高達2500華氏溫度的火焰很快地吞噬整個飛機.
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