英语词汇“immersed”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINimmerse

Origin:

1600-1700 Latin past participle of immergere, from mergere; ➔ MERGE

VERB TABLE

immerse

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	immerse
	he, she, it	immerses
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	immersed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have immersed
	he, she, it	has immersed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had immersed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will immerse
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have immersed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am immersing
	he, she, it	is immersing
	you, we, they	are immersing
Past	I, he, she, it	was immersing
	you, we, they	were immersing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been immersing
	he, she, it	has been immersing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been immersing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be immersing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been immersing

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

A gurgling burn looms before you and in its cool streams you immerse your weary feet.
Cora J.. Rupp has spent her life immersed in art and wishes more of us would jump into the pool.
He was immersed in her words, lost in her ability to be straight.
Impossible to do immersed in society, but almost easy here.
One is immersed in the Spirit.
They visited pubs all over the country, immersing themselves in pub culture - playing darts and drinking with the lads.
We are immersed in making things.

THESAURUSto put something into a liquid► dip

to put something into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again: · She dipped her hand in the water to see how hot it was.· Prawns are delicious dipped in a spicy sauce.

► plunge

to put something quickly, firmly, and deeply into a liquid: · Plunge the pasta into a pan of boiling water.· I had to plunge my arm in up to the elbow to reach the keys.

► dunk

to put something such as a piece of bread or cake into a hot drink or soup before eating it: · I love biscuits dunked in coffee.

► immerse

to put something deep into a liquid so that it is completely covered: · If the plant’s leaves look dry, immerse the roots in water for a while.

Longman Language Activatorto pay so much attention to something that you do not notice other things► be engrossed in

to be paying so much attention to something you are doing, that you do not notice what is happening around you: · Helen was sitting up in bed, engrossed in a novel.· The two women huddled together like schoolgirls, happily engrossed in their conversation.· He was so engrossed in what he was doing he didn't even hear the doorbell ring.

► be wrapped up in

to be so involved in something that you do not notice or seem to care about other things: · Hazel's totally wrapped up in the new baby.· "Some novelists get wrapped up in their celebrity status," he acknowledged. "I hope that doesn't happen to me."

► be absorbed in

to pay a lot of attention to something, especially when you are reading or watching something you enjoy and want to know what happens next: · I was so absorbed in the game on TV that I didn't hear Alexis come in.· The little boy sat at the edge of the pond, totally absorbed in watching the fish.

► immerse yourself in

give all your attention to something such as studying or work so that you do not want to think about anything else: · He immersed himself in his work and tried to forget about Julia.· For the first time, I had the chance to really immerse myself in Lenin's writings.be immersed in something: · The possibility of computer addiction occurred to her when she missed a class she was teaching, because she was immersed in the Internet.

► preoccupied

someone who is preoccupied is worried or thinking about other things, and tends to forget about someone or something else: · Parents are often too busy, tired, or preoccupied to give their children the time and attention they need.preoccupied with: · Most Russians are preoccupied with matters close to home, their economic conditions in particular.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► in

· Instruments All instruments should be immersed in either a suitable disinfectant or minimum 5 percent formaldehyde solution as soon as treatment has been completed.· Every garden is really a small slice of the larger biosphere we all are immersed in.· Filters: Brush off loose debris, immerse in very hot alkali degreaser solution and leave for some hours.

NOUN► water

· Why do people take so much pleasure in immersing themselves in warm water?· The curd is immersed in hot water or whey and worked, stretched, and molded while plastic.· Priests were immersing themselves in water.

► work

· He immersed himself in parish work and made himself indispensable to the overworked parish priest.· Caught up in the moment, he was clearly and completely immersed in his work.· Most days when it is severe, I simply get up and immerse myself in work.· In autonomous and auratic art, reception by contrast is individualized and the audience is typically immersed in the work itself.· Making no attempt to build a survey collection, they immersed themselves in the work of a few artists.· He immersed himself in his work.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► immerse yourself in something

Jarrod completely immersed himself in his work.
Blanche in turn was happy to immerse herself in country life for a few days and play endless games with her two nephews.
For months, Atkinson immersed himself in a numbing void.
In 1919 he went to Zurich, where he studied and worked in psychological clinics, immersing himself in psychological experimentation.
The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions.
They did not have time to immerse themselves in technical detail.
We finished our drinks and Siegfried immersed himself in the Veterinary Record as savoury smells began to issue from the kitchen.
When she left I quickly immersed myself in the safer, less emotional facts and figures of a real estate deal.