immersion
immersion
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- the action of immersing someone or something in a liquid
沉浸，浸泡
his back was still raw from immersion in the icy Atlantic sea.
他的背部仍因浸泡在冰冷的大西洋中而感到刺痛。
■deep mental involvement
投入，沉浸，陷入
his total immersion in Marxism.
他对马克思主义的全心投入。
■(chieflyN.Amer.)a method of teaching a foreign language by the exclusive use of that language, usually at a special school
(主北美)（一般运用于特殊学校的）全外语教学法，浸入式外语教学法
■baptism by immersing a person bodily (but not necessarily completely) in water
浸礼
■(Astronomy)the disappearance of a celestial body in the shadow of or behind another
(天文)蚀，掩始
- late 15th cent.: from late Latin immersio(n-), from immergere 'dip into' (see immerse)
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