表示「（風、浪、火等迅猛地）掃過，掠過（某地）」，英文解釋為「if winds, waves, fire etc sweep a place or sweep through, across etc a place, they move quickly and with a lot of force」舉個🌰：
Thunderstorms swept the country.
雷暴橫掃全國。
表示「象徵，代表」，英文解釋為「to represent something」舉個🌰：
The lighting of the Olympic torch symbolizes peace and friendship among the nations of the world.
點燃奧林匹克火炬象徵著世界各國人民的和平與友誼。
Flames engulfed Shuri castle, a Unesco world heritage site located in the island's capital Naha, at around 2:40 am and quickly spread to other buildings in the complex, local police said.1) 表示「吞沒」，英文解釋為「If one thing engulfs another, it completely covers or hides it, often in a sudden and unexpected way.」舉個🌰：
A seven-year-old boy was found dead after a landslide engulfed an apartment block.
山崩掩埋了一座公寓樓之後，一名7歲的男孩被發現遇難。
2) 表示「使陷於」，英文解釋為「If a feeling or emotion engulfs you, you are strongly affected by it. 」如：the pain that engulfed him 他所陷入的痛苦。
表示「綜合大樓；建築群」，英文解釋為「a large building with various connected rooms or a related group of buildings」，如：a shopping/sports and leisure complex 購物/運動休閒中心。
There were no initial reports of injuries, but nearby residents were evacuated while firefighters spent several hours attempting to bring the fire under control.表示「疏散; 使…撤離」，英文解釋為「To evacuate someone means to send them to a place of safety, away from a dangerous building, town, or area.」舉個🌰：
They were planning to evacuate the ten officials still in the country.
他們當時在計劃將仍在那個國家的10位官員撤離。
The castle, a popular tourist spot, dates back to the days of the Ryukyu kingdom, which began in 1429 and ended in the late 1800s when it was annexed by the government in Tokyo.annex /əˈneks/表示「（通常指用武力或擅自）吞併；兼併；強佔」，英文解釋為「to take possession of an area of land or a country, usually by force or without permission」舉個🌰：
The UK annexed this small island west of Scotland in 1955.
英國於1955年將這個位於蘇格蘭以西的小島併入其領土。
More recently, the castle has come to symbolise Okinawa's struggle to overcome the devastation of war. More than 200,000 Americans and Japanese, including around a quarter of Okinawa's civilian population, died during a fierce 82-day battle from April to June 1945. The island is still home to a large number of US military bases.As the headquarters of the imperial Japanese army, Shuri castle was relentlessly shelled by US forces, who occupied the island until it reverted to Japanese control in 1972, two decades after the rest of Japan regained full independence. The castle was extensively restored and reopened as a national park in 1992.1）作動詞，表示「炮轟，炮擊」，英文解釋為「to fire shells at something」舉個🌰：
They were under orders to shell the hospital.
他們奉命炮轟醫院。
2）作名詞，表示「（蛋、堅果、某些種子和某些動物的）殼」（the hard outer part of eggs, nuts, some seeds and some animals），如：snail shells 蝸牛殼，walnut shells 核桃殼。
表示「殘酷地，無情地；不間斷地」，英文解釋為「in an extreme way that continues without stopping；refusing to give up or be less strict or severe」。
表示「歸還；歸屬；回復；恢復」，英文解釋為「to return to the original owner agai；to return to a former state; to start doing sth again that you used to do in the past」舉個🌰：
His manner seems to have reverted to normal.
他的舉止好像已經恢復了正常。
「The cause of the fire has not been determined yet but a security company alarm went off at around 2.30 in the morning,」 Ryo Kochi, a spokesman with the Okinawa prefectural police said.「It started at the main temple and looks to be spreading fast to all the main structures ... firefighters are still battling the fire,」 he added.Television footage showed the multi-structure castle reduced to a skeleton, shrouded in flames and smoke hours after firefighters were alerted to the fire, public broadcaster NHK said.shroud /ʃraʊd/ 表示「覆蓋；隱藏；遮蔽」，英文解釋為「to cover or hide sth」舉個🌰：
The city was shrouded in mist.
城市籠罩在霧靄之中。
While the cause is unknown, the blaze is believed to have started in the castle's main structure. The main Seiden temple and a Hokuden structure, or north temple, burned down and a third building was nearly destroyed, Kochi added.He said a tourist event was being held at the castle from the 27 October, and some work linked to the event continued until 1 am but it is not clear whether that was linked to the fire.Nearly a dozen fire engines were dispatched to the scene, Kyodo news agency said.表示「消防車，救火車」，英文解釋為「A fire engine is a large vehicle which carries firefighters and equipment for putting out fires.」也叫fire truck.
Thanks to the faithful nature of the postwar reconstruction, Shuri castle was registered as a world heritage site in 2000 along with the surrounding complex and other Ryukyu sites in the region.「Five hundred years of Ryukyuan history [12th-17th century] are represented by this group of sites and monuments,」 the Unesco website says.Unesco was particularly impressed by the reconstructed main hall of the Shuri castle, describing it as 「a great monument symbolising the pride of the Ryukyu people」.- 相關閱讀 -
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