im·merse /ɪˈmɝs/
(vt.)浸漬,浸泡,使沈浸,使埋頭
Im·merse a. Immersed; buried; hid; sunk. [Obs.] “Things immerse in matter.”
Im·merse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.]
1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton.
More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
The queen immersed in such a trance. --Tennyson.
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. --Atterbury.
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immerse
v 1: thrust or throw into; "Immerse yourself in hot water" [syn:
plunge]
2: engross (oneself) fully; "He immersed himself into his
studies" [syn: steep, engulf, plunge, engross, absorb,
soak up]
3: enclose or envelop completely, as if by swallowing; "The
huge waves swallowed the small boat and it sank shortly
thereafter" [syn: swallow, swallow up, bury, eat up]
4: cause to be immersed; "The professor plunged his students
into the study of the Italian text" [syn: plunge]