engross

verb
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they engross
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊs/
he / she / it engrosses
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪz/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪz/
past simple engrossed
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊst/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊst/
past participle engrossed
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊst/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊst/
-ing form engrossing
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/
🔊/ɪnˈɡrəʊsɪŋ/
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  1. engross somebody if something engrosses you, it is so interesting that you give it all your attention and time使全神贯注;占去(某人的)全部注意力和时间
    • As the business grew, it totally engrossed him.随着业务的增长,他全神贯注于他。
    Word Originlate Middle English (formerly also as ingross): based on en-, in- ‘in’ + late Latin grossus ‘large’. The current sense is from Old French en gros, from medieval Latin in grosso ‘wholesale’