1.把...卷入旋涡;吞没
1.to cover or surround something in a way that harms or destroys it
2.if a thought or emotion engulfs you, it controls your thoughts or feelings; if something bad or unpleasant engulfs people, it affects them seriously
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
9.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；
10.Whether or not the Earth is engulfed depends on which of two effects wins out.
地球是否被吞噬取决于两个效应中哪个效应更强大。