單詞
engross
英 [?n'gr??s; en-]
美[?n'ɡros]
基本信息
- vt. 使全神貫注；用大字體書寫；正式寫成（決議等）；獨(dú)占；吸引
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詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?engrosses;過去式:?engrossed;過去分詞:?engrossed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?engrossing;形容詞:?engrossing;
中文詞源
engross 使全神貫注
en-, 進(jìn)入，使。gross, 總的，全部的。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. His paper would then engross his thoughts.
- 然后,他就會(huì)埋頭看報(bào)了.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
- 2. Gentlemen pay her attention , and engross her all to themselves.
- 先生們對(duì)她百般奉承,把她弄得神魂顛倒.
來自辭典例句
- 3. I'd go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books - and cookbooks.
- 我走進(jìn)書店,聚精會(huì)神地讀關(guān)于飲食的書 -- 以及食譜.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
- 她雖然難免想到自己, 卻并不是完全只想到自己.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. But Perdita seemed to engross all Leontes'attention.
- 可是里昂提斯的全部注意力好像都貫注在潘狄塔身上.
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