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en·trance /ˈɛntrən(t)s/
入口,進入點,入場,入學,進入,開始,就任(vt.)使出神,使入迷
entrance
入口
En·trance n.
1. The act of entering or going into; ingress; as, the entrance of a person into a house or an apartment; hence, the act of taking possession, as of property, or of office; as, the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office.
2. Liberty, power, or permission to enter; as, to give entrance to friends.
3. The passage, door, or gate, for entering.
Show us, we pray thee, the entrance into the city. --Judg. i. 24.
4. The entering upon; the beginning, or that with which the beginning is made; the commencement; initiation; as, a difficult entrance into business. “Beware of entrance to a quarrel.”
St. Augustine, in the entrance of one of his discourses, makes a kind of apology. --Hakewill.
5. The causing to be entered upon a register, as a ship or goods, at a customhouse; an entering; as, his entrance of the arrival was made the same day.
6. Naut. (a) The angle which the bow of a vessel makes with the water at the water line. --Ham. Nav. Encyc. (b) The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line.
En·trance v. t. [imp. & p. p. Entranced p. pr. & vb. n. Entrancing ]
1. To put into a trance; to make insensible to present objects.
Him, still entranced and in a litter laid,
They bore from field and to the bed conveyed. --Dryden.
2. To put into an ecstasy; to ravish with delight or wonder; to enrapture; to charm.
And I so ravished with her heavenly note,
I stood entranced, and had no room for thought. --Dryden.
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entrance
n 1: something that provides access (entry or exit); "they waited
at the entrance to the garden"; "beggars waited just
outside the entryway to the cathedral" [syn: entranceway,
entryway, entry, entree]
2: a movement into or inward [syn: entering]
3: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: entering,
entry, ingress, incoming]
v 1: attract; cause to be enamored; "She captured all the men's
hearts" [syn: capture, enamour, trance, catch, becharm,
enamor, captivate, beguile, charm, fascinate,
bewitch, enchant]
2: put into a trance [syn: spellbind]