engulfed
past simple and past participle ofengulf
| 单词 | engulfed |
| 释义 | engulfed past simple and past participle ofengulf engulf verb[T] uk/ɪnˈɡʌlf/us/ɪnˈɡʌlf/tosurroundandcoversomething or someonecompletely: Theflamesrapidlyengulfed thehouse. Northernareasof thecountrywere engulfedby/inasnowstormlastnight. Thewaristhreateningto engulf theentireregion. Enclosing, surrounding and immersing
Examplesofengulfedengulfed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. The stores were deposited on the bay ice and, due to water flowing over them, much wasengulfed. From theCambridge English Corpus This process forms apoptotic bodies that seem to beengulfedby the oocyte. From theCambridge English Corpus Any solute in the extracellular water will also beengulfedby such -uid-phase endocytosis. From theCambridge English Corpus These methods mainly vary the amount of fluidengulfedinto the shear layer and do not directly influence the small-scale mixing. From theCambridge English Corpus These in turn could be identified as true potential or 'justengulfed' potential flow. From theCambridge English Corpus They are about the culture of commercialism that hasengulfedmedicine and, in the view of our authors, compromised its moral foundations. From theCambridge English Corpus From the stage, a flood of antipodal cultural referencesengulfedan enthusiastically appreciative audience. From theCambridge English Corpus Nervous system engulfment basics: what getsengulfed, why, and how? From theCambridge English Corpus Then the fluid nearest to the vortex isengulfedby it, as it follows a path leading to the vortex core. From theCambridge English Corpus Upon closing the flaps, the dissolved dye isengulfedinto the vortices, allowing the flow to be visualized. From theCambridge English Corpus The regions becameengulfedby the traditional political brokerage of the party system. From theCambridge English Corpus This tongue wasengulfedinto the descending parcel. From theCambridge English Corpus The viewer feels a frisson of terror as they too becomeengulfedin the great vortex of the storm. From theCambridge English Corpus For me, this is a wonderful evocation of the utter blackness that we are allengulfedby in our moments of despair and despondency. From theCambridge English Corpus By that time, penal institutions were alreadyengulfedin another crisis : massive overcrowding. From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉词典包含213609条英汉翻译词条，涵盖了常用英语单词及词组短语的翻译及用法，是英语学习的必备工具。