单词 | immersion |
释义 | immersion /i merr"zheuhn, -sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or instance of immersing. 2. state of being immersed. 3. state of being deeply engaged or involved; absorption. 4. baptism in which the whole body of the person is submerged in the water. 5. Also called ingress. Astron. the entrance of a heavenly body into an eclipse by another body, an occultation, or a transit. Cf. emersion (def. 1). adj. 6. concentrating on one course of instruction, subject, or project to the exclusion of all others for several days or weeks; intensive: an immersion course in conversational French. [1425-75; late ME < LL immersion- (s. of immersio) a dipping in. See IMMERSE, -ION] |
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