网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 ingrain
释义

Definition of ingrain in English:

ingrain

(also engrain)
verbɪnˈɡreɪnənˈɡreɪn
[with object]
  • Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

    使(习惯,信仰,态度)根深蒂固

    they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A face like hers couldn't be duplicated just from memory, even if her face was engrained into his mind like a cerebral tattoo.
    • This process manifests itself in a certain attitude that seems to be ingrained in a disproportionate number of Scottish acts.
    • Once I've got that, I repeat the number of yards to myself three or four times, ingraining it in my brain.
    • Where it's appropriate, I'll suggest a favorite drill to ingrain a move or feeling.
    • Hrabowski ingrains a sense of excellence and discipline in his students.
    • I've been trying to do more, lately, but I have a hard time ingraining things as habit sometimes.
    • She's a race-walking instructor who bubbles with enthusiasm, armed with clever similes and a rigid attitude about ingraining proper technique.
    • First, it ingrains a confident stroke on short putts.
    • Before, I'd figure something out, then spend two hours ingraining it.
    • Imposing rules on what you can and cannot eat ingrains that kind of self control, requiring us to learn to control even our most basic, primal instincts.
    • If you lay the groundwork by ingraining good technique with lots of repetition, you can develop the comfort and confidence to focus on the target and let your athletic instincts take over.
    • Some argue that grit is engrained in the American psyche.
    • Whilst he bathed and got rid of all that ingrained coal dust from his body she would be preparing a dinner.
    • Posted calligraphy engrains the warrior code of Bushido and expounds the philosophical roots of kendo.
    • Even our efforts at fighting corruption will be in vain if we are not holistic in our approach by ingraining inclusiveness and merit in government action.
    • And its country-chic French cuisine is truly excellent, a reminder of how cooking and table service ingrains itself in French culture, not something pawned off to minimum-wage employees.
    • If you give charity 100 times, the repetition of the physical act breaks down your egocentricity and engrains the behavior of a more charitable person.
    • By contrast, business intelligence and action lag behind the current business activity if business processes are ingrained in rigid and brittle software systems.
    • If you're not crisp and fresh in recognizing and releasing thoughts, you're not really meditating; you're ingraining sloppiness.
    • He viewed my role in our relationship as the underdog, without realizing, it was ingrained into him all his life. His attitude was his decision would be first and mine second.
    Synonyms
    entrench, establish, fix, inculcate, instil, implant, root
    drive home, hammer home, drill into, drive into, din into
adjective ɪnˈɡreɪnˈɪnˌɡreɪn
  • (of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven.

    (纺织品)由染色原纱织成的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The dots which are represented on the groundwork of the initial are worked in back stitching; these may be worked in scarlet ingrain cotton if desired.
    • these historical Ingrain dyes for cotton developed in the 1950's are now rarely used for solid-shade dyeing.
    • Aniline black for cotton was the first ingrain color, or dye developed directly on the fiber.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as engrain in the sense 'dye with cochineal or in fast colours'): from en-1, in-2 (as an intensifier) + the verb grain. The adjective is from in grain 'fast-dyed', from the old use of grain meaning 'kermes, cochineal'.

  • This was originally written as engrain in the sense ‘dye with cochineal or in fast colours’ from the old use of grain meaning ‘kermes, cochineal’ (see also crimson). In the late Middle Ages truly fast colours were rare.

Definition of ingrain in US English:

ingrain

(also engrain)
verbənˈɡreɪnənˈɡrān
  • with object Firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person.

    使(习惯,信仰,态度)根深蒂固

    they trivialize the struggle and further ingrain the long-standing attitudes
    Example sentencesExamples
    • First, it ingrains a confident stroke on short putts.
    • By contrast, business intelligence and action lag behind the current business activity if business processes are ingrained in rigid and brittle software systems.
    • A face like hers couldn't be duplicated just from memory, even if her face was engrained into his mind like a cerebral tattoo.
    • This process manifests itself in a certain attitude that seems to be ingrained in a disproportionate number of Scottish acts.
    • Where it's appropriate, I'll suggest a favorite drill to ingrain a move or feeling.
    • Some argue that grit is engrained in the American psyche.
    • If you're not crisp and fresh in recognizing and releasing thoughts, you're not really meditating; you're ingraining sloppiness.
    • I've been trying to do more, lately, but I have a hard time ingraining things as habit sometimes.
    • Whilst he bathed and got rid of all that ingrained coal dust from his body she would be preparing a dinner.
    • Even our efforts at fighting corruption will be in vain if we are not holistic in our approach by ingraining inclusiveness and merit in government action.
    • She's a race-walking instructor who bubbles with enthusiasm, armed with clever similes and a rigid attitude about ingraining proper technique.
    • Before, I'd figure something out, then spend two hours ingraining it.
    • If you give charity 100 times, the repetition of the physical act breaks down your egocentricity and engrains the behavior of a more charitable person.
    • Posted calligraphy engrains the warrior code of Bushido and expounds the philosophical roots of kendo.
    • Imposing rules on what you can and cannot eat ingrains that kind of self control, requiring us to learn to control even our most basic, primal instincts.
    • He viewed my role in our relationship as the underdog, without realizing, it was ingrained into him all his life. His attitude was his decision would be first and mine second.
    • If you lay the groundwork by ingraining good technique with lots of repetition, you can develop the comfort and confidence to focus on the target and let your athletic instincts take over.
    • Hrabowski ingrains a sense of excellence and discipline in his students.
    • And its country-chic French cuisine is truly excellent, a reminder of how cooking and table service ingrains itself in French culture, not something pawned off to minimum-wage employees.
    • Once I've got that, I repeat the number of yards to myself three or four times, ingraining it in my brain.
    Synonyms
    entrench, establish, fix, inculcate, instil, implant, root
adjectiveˈɪnˌɡreɪnˈinˌɡrān
  • (of a textile) composed of fibers which have been dyed different colors before being woven.

    (纺织品)由染色原纱织成的

    Example sentencesExamples
    • these historical Ingrain dyes for cotton developed in the 1950's are now rarely used for solid-shade dyeing.
    • The dots which are represented on the groundwork of the initial are worked in back stitching; these may be worked in scarlet ingrain cotton if desired.
    • Aniline black for cotton was the first ingrain color, or dye developed directly on the fiber.

Origin

Late Middle English (originally as engrain in the sense ‘dye with cochineal or in fast colors’): from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + the verb grain. The adjective is from in grain ‘fast-dyed’, from the old use of grain meaning ‘kermes, cochineal’.

随便看

 

春雷网英语在线翻译词典收录了464360条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2024 Sndmkt.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2024/12/27 23:31:08