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

engaged

/ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd

/ /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/

adjective

1 [predicative] Busy; occupied.Its leaders are actively engaged right now looking for a solution....

While I was thus engaged, my patron was busy reading the placard that the library where I intern has placed at the reference desk.
The turbulent 21st century needs an active and engaged America working to spread freedom and democracy - not one that withdraws into itself.

Synonyms

busy, unavailable, occupied;

in use, active

informal tied up

(be engaged) have a prior engagement

1.1British (Of a telephone line) unavailable because already in use: she rang Mrs Tavett but the line was engaged...

People affected said they had tried calling them, but all the telephone lines were either engaged or just rang, unanswered.
Information on award notices was poor while customers seeking help with claims had their letters ignored or encountered engaged telephone lines, she said.
This line was repeatedly engaged when we tried to call it this morning.

1.2(Of a toilet) already in use.Just about made it back to the hospital only to find engaged toilets!...

It was still engaged, but this time a woman was queuing to enter.

2Having formally agreed to marry: Keith and I had got engaged four months before she was engaged to a lecturer the newly engaged couple...

When a couple becomes engaged to be married, a ring is offered by the young man.
Carter turns 27 this month and is engaged to be married, to a doctor.
We're engaged to be married in two months, on the anniversary of the day I left.

Synonyms

betrothed, affianced, promised in marriage;

attached, involved

informal spoken for

archaic plighted, espoused

3 Architecture (Of a column) attached to or partly let into a wall.Eight pairs of piers, each with an engaged column, were to articulate the lower portico, while the upper portico was to have had eight pairs of freestanding columns....

Above the Ionic entablature, the vertical thrust from below is carried skyward by pedestals supporting kraters aligned with the engaged columns.
The powerful square pillars which held up the three arches of each nave had an engaged column on each side, the same thickness for all its length, with a simple base without a pedestal.

单词	engaged
释义	engaged /ɪnˈɡeɪdʒd / /ɛnˈɡeɪdʒd/ adjective 1 [predicative] Busy; occupied.Its leaders are actively engaged right now looking for a solution.... While I was thus engaged, my patron was busy reading the placard that the library where I intern has placed at the reference desk. The turbulent 21st century needs an active and engaged America working to spread freedom and democracy - not one that withdraws into itself. Synonyms busy, unavailable, occupied; in use, active informal tied up (be engaged) have a prior engagement 1.1British (Of a telephone line) unavailable because already in use: she rang Mrs Tavett but the line was engaged... People affected said they had tried calling them, but all the telephone lines were either engaged or just rang, unanswered. Information on award notices was poor while customers seeking help with claims had their letters ignored or encountered engaged telephone lines, she said. This line was repeatedly engaged when we tried to call it this morning. 1.2(Of a toilet) already in use.Just about made it back to the hospital only to find engaged toilets!... It was still engaged, but this time a woman was queuing to enter. 2Having formally agreed to marry: Keith and I had got engaged four months before she was engaged to* a lecturer* the newly engaged couple... When a couple becomes engaged to be married, a ring is offered by the young man. Carter turns 27 this month and is engaged to be married, to a doctor. We're engaged to be married in two months, on the anniversary of the day I left. Synonyms betrothed, affianced, promised in marriage; attached, involved informal spoken for archaic plighted, espoused 3 Architecture (Of a column) attached to or partly let into a wall.Eight pairs of piers, each with an engaged column, were to articulate the lower portico, while the upper portico was to have had eight pairs of freestanding columns.... Above the Ionic entablature, the vertical thrust from below is carried skyward by pedestals supporting kraters aligned with the engaged columns. The powerful square pillars which held up the three arches of each nave had an engaged column on each side, the same thickness for all its length, with a simple base without a pedestal.
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