immersed
(v.)浸,沈湎于(vbl.)浸,沈湎于
Im·merse, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Immersed p. pr. & vb. n. Immersing.]
1. To plunge into anything that surrounds or covers, especially into a fluid; to dip; to sink; to bury; to immerge.
Deep immersed beneath its whirling wave. --J Warton.
More than a mile immersed within the wood. --Dryden.
2. To baptize by immersion.
3. To engage deeply; to engross the attention of; to involve; to overhelm.
The queen immersed in such a trance. --Tennyson.
It is impossible to have a lively hope in another life, and yet be deeply immersed inn the enjoyments of this. --Atterbury.
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Im·mersed p. p. & a.
1. Deeply plunged into anything, especially a fluid.
2. Deeply occupied; engrossed; entangled.
3. Bot. Growing wholly under water.
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