| 单词 |
engulfing |
| 释义 |
▪ I. engulfing, vbl. n.|ɛnˈgʌlfɪŋ| [f. engulf v. + -ing1.] The action of the verb engulf.
1658Whole Duty Man ii. §4 (1684) 87 It is..the ingulfing him..in that most tormenting passion of jealousie. a1711Ken Hymnarium Poet. Wks. 1721 II. 27 Love..Strove her ingulfing to prolong. 1875Whitney Life Lang. x. 195 The engulfing or burying of extant species. ▪ II. enˈgulfing, ppl. a. [f. as prec. + -ing2.] That engulfs.
a1777Fawkes Eulogy I. Newton (R.), Waves..bare the dangers of th' engulphing sand. 1852D. Moir Thomson's Birth-pl. iv. Wks. I. 213 The rapturous lark..less and less visible..'mid heaven's engulfing blue. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 304 The list of myths of engulphing monsters. |

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