engross
英 [ɪn'grəʊs; en-]
美 [ɪn'ɡros]
- vt. 使全神貫注；用大字體書寫；正式寫成（決議等）；獨占；吸引
中文詞源
engross 使全神貫注en-, 進入，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.
雙語例句
- 1. His paper would then engross his thoughts.
- 然後,他就會埋頭看報了.
來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹
- 2. Gentlemen pay her attention , and engross her all to themselves.
- 先生們對她百般奉承,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.
- 我走進書店,聚精會神地讀關於飲食的書 -- 以及食譜.
來自互聯網
- 4. But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
- 她雖然難免想到自己, 卻並不是完全隻想到自己.
來自互聯網
- 5. But Perdita seemed to engross all Leontes'attention.
- 可是裏昂提斯的全部注意力好像都貫注在潘狄塔身上.
來自互聯網