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

单词	enter
释义	en·ter I. \ˈentə(r)\ verb (entered ; entered ; entering \ˈentəriŋ, ˈen.triŋ\ ; enters) Etymology: Middle English entren, from Old French entrer, from Latin intrare to enter, from intra on the inside, within; akin to inter between — more at inter- *intransitive verb* 1. a. : to go or come into a material place : make a physical entrance or penetration < knock on the door before you enter > < no evil thing approach nor enter in — John Milton > b. (1) : to come into the mind or feelings < a strange idea entered into his head > < a spirit of tenderness entered into his heart > (2) : to come into something intangible < a tone of menace entered into her voice > c. : to pass or come into some particular state < by the Lord's favor he entered into a state of grace > < entered into a deep coma > d. : to come into a group : gain admission : become a member : join < asked at what school he would enter > < a debutante entering into society > 2. a. : to make a beginning : take the first steps : engage, start < entered into business > < entering upon a career > < entered upon a wearisome account of his travels > < entered into negotiations with the enemy > b. : to begin to consider a subject < he had barely entered into the matter when the bell rang > < once he had entered upon a question, he would never stop > c. : to make an entrance (as in a fugue) : begin 3. : to go in upon lands as a formal act of ownership : take possession 4. : to come upon the stage — often used as a stage direction in the subjunctive < enter Hamlet > < enter four clowns > 5. : to play a part : be a factor : have a bearing : contribute < all for the best: … sentiment won't enter in — Elizabeth Bowen > < many processes enter into the making of this product > < much anxious thought entered into the framing of this document > < factors other than habitat enter in this varied adaptation — M.J.Herskovits > 6. : to register or enroll in a competition : become a candidate in a competition < two days before the race he decided not to enter > < candidates may enter for more than one scholarship > *transitive verb* 1. a. : to come or go into : pass into the interior of : pass within the outer cover or shell of : penetrate, pierce < enter a house > < rivers enter the sea > b. : to come into (the mind) : occur to < it never entered his head that he might be wrong > < a new doubt entered his mind > c. : to come into (something intangible) < the shadow of passion entered her voice — Louis Bromfield > < an extraordinarily beautiful girl who never entered his life — V.H.Brombert > 2. a. (1) : to inscribe or make a record of : register < enter the names of qualified voters > < enter a notation in a journal > < enter a book in a catalog > (2) : sketch, depict < even entered these four mountains on the map he sent back — Frank Debenham > b. : to cause to go into or be received into something : cause to be admitted : enroll < enter a boy at a school > < enter a horse in a race > c. : to put in : insert < enter a wedge into a log > < she entered the key in the door — E.F.McGuire > d. of a male animal : to copulate with 3. a. : to make a beginning in : take up : start, begin < the troops entered battle > < enter the legal profession > b. : to pass within the limits of (a particular period of time) < we are entering a new era > 4. a. : to employ for the first time in actual hunting, racing, hawking : exercise initially : train; specifically : to break in (a horse) b. archaic : to introduce to a subject : initiate 5. a. : to become a member of : join < enter the army > < enter the university > b. (1) : to become an active participant in < enter a war > < enter a discussion > (2) : to become a candidate in (a contest or competition) < enter a race > < enter a short-story contest > 6. : to go into (a subject) : examine, consider < for the moment I will not enter the question of how this decision is to be formulated precisely — M.G.White > 7. a. : to become a part of : merge with < the hemlock that killed Socrates … is significant only because it enters the context of human cultural history — L.A.White > b. : to have an intuitive sympathy with : identify oneself with : understand < few Americans can enter the poem completely — William Power > < it is hard to enter the feelings of another > 8. : to make report of (a ship or her cargo) at the customhouse : submit a statement of (imported goods) with the original invoices to the proper officer of the customs for estimating the duties — see entry 6 9. a. : to place in regular form before a law court usually in writing : put upon record in proper form and order < enter a writ > < enter a judgment > b. : to file or inscribe upon the records of the land office the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to secure the right of preemption c. : to deposit for copyright the title or description of (as a book, picture, map) < entered according to act of congress > 10. : to go into or upon and take actual possession of (as lands) 11. : to put on record (a statement of one's position) : present formally or informally : advance, interject < entering a solemn protest against this forcible intrusion > < entered a caution against excessive haste > specifically : to submit (an offer of a price) in competition with others — used chiefly in the phrase enter a bid < enter a bid at an auction > 12. a. : to bring into play (a man that is on the bar) in backgammon b. : to cause (one's own hand or dummy) to win a trick in bridge in order to lead to the next trick Synonyms: penetrate, pierce, probe: enter is a general term without definite implications < one enters the apartment through a hallway > < thieves entered the apartment and ransacked it > but sometimes, especially when the object is a thing, it may suggest a pushing through a resisting medium < the bullet entered his chest > penetrate is applicable to entrance or passage through motivated by an impelling force or facilitated by strength, acuteness, or resolution < a fiber that the ordinary needle with not penetrate > < penetrating the defense in this sector > < the third attack of the Mexicans succeeded in gaining a breach in the walls. The Mexicans now penetrated into the interior of the fortress — American Guide Series: Texas > < serving out potential enemies, spreading dissension and confusion; they have penetrated to high and sensitive places — Vannevar Bush > < a mind capable of making great and penetrating analyses of the nature of the human spirit — William Barrett > pierce is likely to suggest the entering, running through, or cutting through of a sharp pointed instrument < to pierce the skin with a lancet > < a sword blade that pierced me through and through — Vachel Lindsay > < able, with the glittering lance of his paradoxes, to pierce many a weak point in the modernist armor — F.B.Millett > probe may suggest exploratory or investigating penetration with or as if with a pointed instrument < a dentist probing a cavity > < with surgical objectivity … probes every detail of his early life and education — Stuart MacClintock > < a squadron of Federal men … have been probing into his financial affairs — H.H.Martin > • - enter into - enter into force - enter the lists II. noun (-s) : the entrance of a character upon the scene in a play
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