| engross | (vt) กว้านซื้อทั้งหมดเพื่อผูกขาด, Syn. monopolize | | engross | (vt) คัดลอกเอกสารโดยการเขียนด้วยตัวหนังสือตัวใหญ่และชัดเจน | | engross | (vt) ทำให้จดจ่อ, See also: ทำให้ใจจดจ่อ, Syn. absorb, fascinate, occupy | | engross in | (phrv) หมกมุ่นอยู่กับ, See also: ง่วนอยู่กับ, สนใจ, Syn. absorb in | | engrossing | (adj) ซึ่งทำให้ใจจดจ่อ, Syn. absorbing, captivating, fascinating | | engrossment | (n) การหมกมุ่น, See also: ความจดจ่อ |
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| | engross | (เอนโกรส') vt. เอาไปหมด, ครองหมด, หมกมุ่น, ใช้ตัวใหญ่เขียน., See also: engrossedly adv. ดูengross engrosser n. ดูengross, Syn. busy | | engrossing | adj. หมกมุ่น, ซึ่งดึงดูดความสนใจ, น่าทึ่ง, ซึ่งทำให้เพลิดเพลินมาก |
| | engross | (vt) เอาไปหมด, เป็นเจ้าของทั้งหมด, ครองหมด |
| | | | ง่วน | (v) engross, See also: occupy, absorb, engage, Syn. ใส่ใจ, สนใจ, ขะมักเขม้น, ตั้งใจ, Ant. ละเลย, ปล่อยปละละเลย, ไม่สนใจ, ไม่ใส่ใจ, Example: ช่วงใกล้สอบนักเรียนจะง่วนอยู่กับการอ่านหนังสือ, Thai Definition: เพลินทำเพลินเล่นอยู่กับสิ่งใดสิ่งหนึ่ง | | สาละวน | (v) engross, See also: preoccupy, be busy, Syn. วุ่น, วุ่นวาย, Example: เธอยังสาละวนอยู่กับการแต่งผม ถึงแม้จะเลยเวลานัดมาพอสมควรแล้ว, Thai Definition: วุ่นอยู่ด้วยกิจธุระเฉพาะบางอย่าง |
| | | | Engross | 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ] Waves . . . engrossed with mud. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Not sleeping, to engross his idle body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. To amass. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] To engross up glorious deeds on my behalf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] Some period long past, when clerks engrossed their stiff and formal chirography on more substantial materials. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] Laws that may be engrossed on a finger nail. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. [ 1913 Webster ] | | Engrosser | n. 1. One who copies a writing in large, fair characters. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. One who takes the whole; a person who purchases such quantities of articles in a market as to raise the price; a forestaller. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] | | engrossing | adj. capable of holding the attention completely; very interesting.
Syn. -- absorbing, fascinating, gripping, riveting. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ] | | Engrossment | n. 1. The act of engrossing; as, the engrossment of a deed. [ 1913 Webster ] Engrossments of power and favor. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. That which has been engrossed, as an instrument, legislative bill, goods, etc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| | 夢中 | [むちゅう, muchuu] (adj-na, n, adj-no) daze; (in a) trance; ecstasy; delirium; engrossment; within a (deep) dream; (P) #14,510 [Add to Longdo] | | 玩物喪志 | [がんぶつそうし, ganbutsusoushi] (n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal [Add to Longdo] | | 気を奪われる | [きをうばわれる, kiwoubawareru] (exp, v1) to be engrossed; to be enthralled [Add to Longdo] | | 上り詰める;登り詰める;のぼり詰める;登りつめる;上りつめる | [のぼりつめる, noboritsumeru] (v1, vi) (1) to go to the top; to climb to the top; to ascend to the top; to reach the summit (e.g. of a mountain); (2) to be engrossed in; to be very enthusiastic about; to be infatuated with [Add to Longdo] | | 耽る(P);耽ける(io) | [ふける, fukeru] (v5r, vi) (1) to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; (aux-v) (2) (See 読み耽ける) to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in; (P) [Add to Longdo] | | 注意を集中する | [ちゅういをしゅうちゅうする, chuuiwoshuuchuusuru] (exp, vs-i) to concentrate one's attention; to be engrossed in [Add to Longdo] | | 呆ける(P);惚ける(P);耄ける | [ぼける(呆ける;惚ける)(P);ほうける, bokeru ( boke ru ; boke ru )(P); houkeru] (v1, vi) (1) to grow senile; to be childish with age; (2) to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; (3) (ほうける only) to become engrossed (in something); (P) [Add to Longdo] |
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