| 单词 | ingress |
| 释义 | ingress (once / 10269 pages) 1n 2n The act of entering something — like a building or a highway — is called ingress (antonym "egress"). If you work in a busy restaurant, you have to keep your kitchen ingress and egress straight or you risk a catastrophe with a full tray of dishes. In astronomy, ingress is also an act of entering, but it is at the beginning of an eclipse when the celestial body first begins to block the sun and cast a shadow. So in a lunar eclipse, ingress is when the Earth begins to pass between the Sun and the Moon, casting its shadow on the Moon. In a solar eclipse, ingress is when the Moon begins to pass across the face of the Sun, blocking it from the sight of observers on Earth. WORD FAMILYingress: ingresses USAGE EXAMPLESAnd then he added that the ingress point was LinkedIn. Time(Oct 28, 2016) Ingress to the third row is snug for large adults, and they won’t want to spend much time there. New York Times(Oct 20, 2016) The first marks how resistant to dust getting it into the inner workings of the device, the second how resistant to water ingress it is. The Guardian(Sep 08, 2016) 1 n the act of entering 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper entering, entrance, entry, incoming incursion the act of entering some territory or domain (often in large numbers) intrusionentrance by force or without permission or welcome irruptiona sudden violent entrance; a bursting in entreethe act of entering enrollment, enrolment, registrationthe act of enrolling penetrationthe act of entering into or through something admission, admittancethe act of admitting someone to enter interpenetration, permeationmutual penetration; diffusion of each through the other market penetrationthe extent to which a product is recognized and bought by customers in a particular market readmissionthe act of admitting someone again matric, matriculationadmission to a group (especially a college or university) arrival the act of arriving at a certain place n (astronomy) the disappearance of a celestial body prior to an eclipse Syn|Ant|Hyper immersion egress, emersion (astronomy) the reappearance of a celestial body after an eclipse disappearance the event of passing out of sight |
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