Engulf

(verb.) flow over or cover completely; 'The bright light engulfed him completely'.

欧文整理

• As the high watery walls came rolling in, and, at their highest, tumbled into surf, they looked as if the least would engulf the town. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Some implored the gods to succor them, and some believed that this night was the last, the eternal night which should engulf the universe! 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• The sun already was low, so that I did not have long to wait before the sudden darkness of Barsoom engulfed us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• Then the sun went down and darkness that could almost be felt engulfed us. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星战神.
• No one who looks at my slow face can guess the vortex sometimes whirling in my heart, and engulfing thought and wrecking prudence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.

校对:托妮