c. 1400, "to buy up the whole stock of" (in Anglo-French from c. 1300), from Old French en gros "in bulk, in a large quantity, at wholesale," as opposed to en detail. See gross.
Figurative sense of "absorb the whole attention" is first attested 1709. A parallel engross, meaning "to write (something) in large letters," is from Anglo-French engrosser, from Old French en gros "in large (letters)." Related: Engrossed; engrossing.
雙語例句
1. His paper would then engross his thoughts.
然后,他就會埋頭看報了.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹
2. Gentlemen pay her attention , and engross her all to themselves.
先生們對她百般奉承,把她弄得神魂顛倒.
來自辭典例句
3. I'd go into bookshops and engross myself in diet books - and cookbooks.
我走進(jìn)書店,聚精會神地讀關(guān)于飲食的書 -- 以及食譜.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. But self, though it would intrude, could not engross her.
她雖然難免想到自己, 卻并不是完全只想到自己.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. But Perdita seemed to engross all Leontes'attention.