| 单词 | engross |
| 释义 | engross (once / 916 pages) v Engross is a verb that means to consume all of your attention or time. Once you engross yourself in the culture of high salaries and unlimited spending accounts, it's hard to go back to cooking at a sandwich shop. Engross first came into English in the 1400s from the Old French word en gros, meaning "in bulk, at wholesale." By the 1700s the word had taken on the meaning of "absorb the whole attention." Immersing yourself fully in something can be good or bad. If you're studying Shakespeare, you want the plays to engross you so you don't lose focus. But if your video games engross you so much that you forget to shower or eat, that's a problem. WORD FAMILYengross: engrossed, engrosses, engrossing, engrossment+/engrossed: engrossedly/engrossing: engrossingly/engrossment: engrossments/gross: engross, grossed, grosser, grosses, grossest, grossing, grossly, grossness, subgross/grossness: grossnesses USAGE EXAMPLESYet “Timber City” should engross those who don’t mind an exhibition that’s more text than pictures, more ideas than artifacts. Washington Post(Dec 16, 2016) We’ve talked a bit about Search Party, which wholly engrossed me for a day with its oddball mystery and that great, divisive ending. Slate(Dec 22, 2016) The New York Times called it “an engrossing and remarkably mature first novel.” Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) 1v devote (oneself) fully to Syn|Hypo|Hyper absorb, engulf, immerse, plunge, soak up, steep immerse, plunge cause to be immersed drink, drink in be fascinated or spell-bound by; pay close attention to center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet direct one's attention on something 2v consume all of one's attention or time Syn|Hypo|Hyper absorb, engage, occupy involve occupy or engage the interest of consumeengage fully rivethold (someone's attention) interest excite the curiosity of; engage the interest of |
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