engulf

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To overwhelm. transitive
    — Depression engulfed her after her daughter's death.
  2. To surround; to cover; to submerge. transitive
    — Only Noah and his family survived when the Flood engulfed the world.
  3. To cast into a gulf. transitive

词形变化

engulfs present,singular,third-person engulfing participle,present engulfed participle,past engulfed past

词汇关系

衍生词
engulfer engulfment unengulfed

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Old French en-bor.
Middle English en-
English en-
English gulf
English engulf
From en- + gulf.
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