immersion
noun /ɪˈmɜːʃn/
/ɪˈmɜːrʒn/
[uncountable]- immersion (in something) the act of putting somebody/something into a liquid, especially so that they or it are completely covered; the state of being covered by a liquid
浸没;浸 - Immersion in cold water resulted in rapid loss of heat.
浸泡在冷水中导致热量迅速散失。 - baptism by total immersion (= putting the whole body underwater)
浸水式洗礼
- Immersion in cold water resulted in rapid loss of heat.
- immersion (in something) the state of being completely involved in something
沉浸;专心;陷入 - his long immersion in politics
他长期潜心从政 - The course offers the opportunity for total immersion in the language and culture.
这门课程提供了完全沉浸在语言和文化中的机会。 - a five-week French immersion program (= in which the student will hear and use only French)
为期五周的法语沉浸课程
- his long immersion in politics
词源late 15th cent.: from late Latin immersio(n-), from immergere ‘dip into’, from in- ‘in’ + mergere ‘to dip’.