immerse

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im·merse /ɪˈmɜːs $ -ɜːrs/ verb [transitiveT]

1 PUTto put someone or something deep into a liquid so that they are completely covered 使浸没〔于液体中〕

immerse somebody/something in something

Immerse your foot in ice-cold water to reduce the swelling.

把你的脚泡在冰凉的水中消肿。

► see thesaurus at put

2 immerse yourself in something ATTENTIONto become completely involved in an activity 潜心于某事，专注于某事

He left school at 16 and immersed himself in the Labour Party.

他16岁离开学校投身工党。

Examples from the Corpus

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

—immersed adjectiveadj

She was far too immersed in her studies.

她太专注于学业了。

Examples from the Corpus

immerse• 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.• We are immersed in making things.• 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.• A gurgling burn looms before you and in its cool streams you immerse your weary feet.

immerse somebody/something in something• If you immerse the mushrooms in water, they'll become soggy.

Origin immerse

(1600-1700) Latin past participle of immergere, from mergere; → MERGE

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