英语词汇“engulf”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

engulfengulf /ɪnˈgʌlf/ verb [transitive]

VERB TABLE

engulf

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	engulf
	he, she, it	engulfs
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	engulfed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have engulfed
	he, she, it	has engulfed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had engulfed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will engulf
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have engulfed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am engulfing
	he, she, it	is engulfing
	you, we, they	are engulfing
Past	I, he, she, it	was engulfing
	you, we, they	were engulfing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been engulfing
	he, she, it	has been engulfing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been engulfing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be engulfing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been engulfing

COLLOCATIONS► engulfed in flames

The boat was immediately engulfed in flames.

1to suddenly affect someone so strongly that he or she feels nothing else: Fear engulfed him as he approached the microphone.2if a war, social change, etc. engulfs a place, it affects it so much that the place changes completely: Civil war has completely engulfed the country.3[usually passive] to completely surround or cover something: a surfer engulfed by a wave The boat was immediately engulfed in flames.