| 单词 | immersion |
| 释义 | immersion (once / 4272 pages) 1n 2n Immersion is the act of dipping something in a substance, completely covering it. It might be something physical, such as plunging your body into water, or metaphorical, such as becoming totally immersed in a project. The Latin background of immersion includes the root mergere, "to plunge." The idea of immersion as a physical submergence came first and the idea of something being absorbed in a situation came about later. The idea behind immersion is that of complete coverage, whether that be by water, as in Baptism, or by attention, as in "immersion learning," an idea for learning a language trademarked in 1965 by the Berlitz company. WORD FAMILYimmersion: immersions+/immerse: immersed, immerses, immersing, immersion USAGE EXAMPLESOnce the mixture is strained, use an immersion blender to blend the custard until it is very smooth. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) Place dressing ingredients in a jar and use an immersion blender to blend until the mixture resembles a thick paste. Seattle Times(Dec 28, 2016) If approved, the Mandarin Chinese course offerings would be the district’s fourth language immersion program. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) 1 1n the act of wetting something by submerging it Syn|Hyper dousing, ducking, submersion wetting the act of making something wet 2n sinking until covered completely with water Syn|Hypo|Hyper submergence, submerging, submersion dip a brief immersion sinking a descent as through liquid (especially through water) 3n a form of baptism in which part or all of a person's body is submerged Hypo|Hyper trine immersion baptism by immersion three times (in the names in turn of the Trinity) baptism a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth 4n complete attention; intense mental effort 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper absorption, concentration, engrossment centering, direction, focal point, focus, focusing, focussing the concentration of attention or energy on something specialismthe concentration of your efforts on a particular field of study or occupation studya state of deep mental absorption particularisma focus on something particular attention the faculty or power of mental concentration n (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse Syn|Ant|Hyper ingress egress, emersion (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse disappearance the event of passing out of sight |
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