engross
TEM8IELTSGRE扩展词汇
英 [ɪn'grəʊs; en-]
美[ɪn'ɡros]
释义
vt. 使全神贯注；用大字体书写；正式写成（决议等）；独占；吸引
词态变化
第三人称单数: engrosses;过去式: engrossed;过去分词: engrossed;现在分词: engrossing;形容词: engrossing;
近义词
中文词源
engross 使全神贯注en-, 进入，使。gross, 总的，全部的。
英文词源
- engross
- engross: see gross
- engross (v.)
- c. 1400, "to buy up the whole stock of" (in Anglo-French from c. 1300), from Old French en gros "in bulk, in a large quantity, at wholesale," as opposed to en detail. See gross.
Figurative sense of "absorb the whole attention" is first attested 1709. A parallel engross, meaning "to write (something) in large letters," is from Anglo-French engrosser, from Old French en gros "in large (letters)." Related: Engrossed; engrossing.
双语例句
- 1. His paper would then engross his thoughts.
- 然后,他就会埋头看报了.
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- 2. Gentlemen pay her attention , and engross her all to themselves.
- 先生们对她百般奉承,把她弄得神魂颠倒.
来自辞典例句
- 3. I'd go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books - and cookbooks.
- 我走进书店,聚精会神地读关于饮食的书 -- 以及食谱.
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- 4. But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
- 她虽然难免想到自己, 却并不是完全只想到自己.
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- 5. But Perdita seemed to engross all Leontes'attention.
- 可是里昂提斯的全部注意力好像都贯注在潘狄塔身上.
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英英释意
- 1. engross (oneself) fully;
- "He immersed himself into his studies"
- 2. engage or engross wholly;
- "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
实用场景例句
- His paper would then engross his thoughts.
- 然后,他就会埋头看报了.
英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹
- Gentlemen pay her attention , and engross her all to themselves.
- 先生们对她百般奉承,把她弄得神魂颠倒.
辞典例句
- I'd go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books - and cookbooks.
- 我走进书店,聚精会神地读关于饮食的书 -- 以及食谱.
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- But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
- 她虽然难免想到自己, 却并不是完全只想到自己.
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- Don't it rather engross him?
- 难道他不是有些迷而忘返了 吗 ?
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