gulf sth
动词义“吞没”偏书面、较少见，多用于文学描写，意思相当于 engulf，常用过去式 gulfed。
The huge wave gulfed the small fishing boat.
巨浪吞没了那艘小渔船。
吞没；淹没
gulfed — past of gulf
给勉强通过者授予学位；给勉强通过者授予学位。
吞没。
To engulf.
给勉强通过者授予学位。
To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.
一般现在时
A flood gulfs the town almost every spring.
几乎每年春天，洪水都会吞没这座城镇。
past
The avalanche gulfed the whole mountain road yesterday.
昨天雪崩吞没了整条山路。
现在完成时
The rising tide has gulfed the beach.
上涨的潮水已经吞噬了海滩。
规则动词，过去式/过去分词为 gulfed；名词 gulf 更常用，动词义为“吞没”。
The floodwaters gulfed the entire valley.
洪水吞没了整个山谷。
用法提示：gulf 在此作及物动词，意为“吞没”，gulfed 是过去式。
The fishing boat was gulfed by a huge wave.
渔船被巨浪吞没了。
用法提示：was gulfed 是 gulf 的被动语态，表示“被吞没”。
The rising tide is slowly gulfing the coastal path.
不断上涨的潮水正在慢慢吞没沿海小路。
用法提示：is gulfing 是 gulf 的现在进行时，表示“正在吞没”。
动词义“吞没”偏书面、较少见，多用于文学描写，意思相当于 engulf，常用过去式 gulfed。
The huge wave gulfed the small fishing boat.
巨浪吞没了那艘小渔船。
此义指给成绩刚刚达标的考生授予学位，属较旧的大学用语。
The examiners gulfed several candidates that year.
那年考官们给几名考生评了刚够及格的学位。
grammar · medium
易错句子He gulfed down his coffee and hurried out.
正确表达He gulped down his coffee and hurried out.
gulf 作动词意为“吞没、淹没”，相当于 engulf，是书面语；表示“大口吞咽、匆匆喝下”的动词是 gulp。两词拼写相近但意义不同，汉语学习者常把 gulp down 误写成 gulf down。本句要表达“快速喝下”，须用 gulped（gulp 的过去式）。
grammar · medium
易错句子The small boat gulfed in the stormy waves.
正确表达The small boat was gulfed in the stormy waves.
gulf 是及物动词，意为“吞没”，句子的主语应是吞没者，宾语是被吞没的对象。本句主语 the small boat 是被吞没的一方，必须用被动语态 be + gulfed 才能表达“被吞没”，即 was gulfed。汉语动词没有被动形态标记，学习者容易漏掉 was，把及物动词当不及物动词使用。
被大火吞没
By dawn the old barn was gulfed in flames.
到黎明时，那座旧谷仓已被大火吞没。
被黑暗吞没
The whole valley lay gulfed in darkness.
整个山谷笼罩在黑暗之中。
被波涛吞没
The little boat was gulfed by the waves within minutes.
小船几分钟内就被波涛吞没了。
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