Newton was so engrossed in his laboratory work that he often forgot to eat. "牛顿全神贯注地在实验室工作,常常连吃饭也忘了。"
He was so engrossed in his work that he forgot to eat. 他全神贯注地工作,连吃饭也忘了。
engrossed
[ adj ]
giving or marked by complete attention to
<adj.all> that engrossed look or rapt delight then wrapped in dreams so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred rapt with wonder wrapped in thought
written formally in a large clear script, as a deed or other legal document
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Engross \En*gross"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Engrossed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Engrossing}.] [F., fr. pref. en- (L. in) + gros gross, grosse, n., an engrossed document: cf. OF. engrossir, engroissier, to make thick, large, or gross. See {Gross}.] 1. To make gross, thick, or large; to thicken; to increase in bulk or quantity. [Obs.]
Waves . . . engrossed with mud. --Spenser.
Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. --Shak.
2. To amass. [Obs.]
To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. --Shak.
3. To copy or write in a large hand (en gross, i. e., in large); to write a fair copy of in distinct and legible characters; as, to engross a deed or like instrument on parchment.
Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. --Hawthorne.
Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. --De Quincey.
4. To seize in the gross; to take the whole of; to occupy the attention completely; to absorb; as, the subject engrossed all his thoughts.
5. To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power.
{Engrossed bill} (Legislation), one which has been plainly engrossed on parchment, with all its amendments, preparatory to final action on its passage.
{Engrossing hand} (Penmanship), a fair, round style of writing suitable for engrossing legal documents, legislative bills, etc.
Syn: To absorb; swallow up; imbibe; consume; exhaust; occupy; forestall; monopolize. See {Absorb}.
More than one receptionist has blown smoke in his face, he explains, while others engrossed in best sellers have thrown him a withering glance and barked, "Whaddyawan?"
Pirelli argues that it is now too deeply engrossed in its own domestic restructuring programme to entertain hostile intentions towards Continental.
Dr. John F. Boyle was convicted by a jury Friday of the aggravated murder of his 44-year-old wife, Noreen, ending a five-month murder mystery that had engrossed this north-central Ohio town.
Ironically, it was but a few years ago that newspapers were engrossed in stories about priests leaving because of interest in women!
Born in 1901, he had been engrossed in physics since adolescence when he bought two old books on the subject and read them through at once _ in Latin.
Of course, with Washington engrossed in election-year politics, the near-term outlook is for generally lower, not higher, tax rates.