单词 | immersed |
释义 | immersedadj. a. Dipped, plunged, or sunk in, or as in, a liquid. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action or process of immersing or dipping > [adjective] ydept1340 dipped1548 soused1568 immersed1678 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > downward motion > causing to come or go down > [adjective] > causing to plunge or sink in liquid > plunged or sunk in liquid bedove1513 immersed1678 submerged1697 whelmeda1821 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 553 He does not seem to understand thereby, such a deeply Immersed Soul, as would make the World an Animal, and a God. 1812 J. Playfair Outl. Nat. Philos. I. 173 The centre of gravity of the immersed part. b. Baptized by immersion. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > kinds of baptism > by immersion > [adjective] immersed1892 1892 Daily News 1 Nov. 6/6 My question is whether [he] is an immersed believer? c. Growing wholly under water. ΚΠ 1860 J. E. Worcester Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Gray). d. Biology. Sunken or embedded in a surface. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > physical aspects or shapes > physical arrangement or condition > [adjective] > embedded immersed1826 1826 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. IV. 314 Immersed, when they [the eyes] are quite imbedded in the head. 1833 W. J. Hooker in J. E. Smith Eng. Flora V. i. 172 Urceolaria cinerea—apothecia immersed solitary. 1870 J. D. Hooker Student's Flora Brit. Islands 159 Sium angustifolium..Fruit shorter than in S. latifolium, with more immersed vittæ. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > heavenly body > [adjective] > eclipse clipsic1400 eclipsed1633 labouring1638 immersed1668 eclipsing1748 1668 R. Boyle in Philos. Trans. 1667 (Royal Soc.) 2 597 The Light of the immersed Body. 1854 H. Moseley Lect. Astron. (ed. 4) xviii. 85 The enlightened hemisphere now includes the south pole, and the north is immersed. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1668 |
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