以下是关于"ingrain"与"engrain"的用法辨析:
1. 词源与拼写演变:
- "ingrain"是主流拼写(占现代英语用法的90%以上),源自法语短语"en grain"(原指用染料浸染)
- "engrain"是古旧变体拼写,现基本被废弃
2. 现代用法规范:
a) 作动词时:
- 只推荐使用"ingrain"(及物动词)
- 例:The habit was ingrained in him since childhood.
b) 作形容词时:
- 固定使用"ingrained"(指根深蒂固的)
- 例:ingrained prejudi ...(以上内容有节略,please sign in for more)
To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
To dye with or in grain or kermes.
To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.
To make something deeply part of something else, either literally or figuratively.
Dyed with grain, or kermes.
Dyed before manufacture; said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
Dyed before manufacture, - said of the material of a textile fabric; hence, in general, thoroughly inwrought; forming an essential part of the substance.
An ingrain fabric, as a carpet.
To dye with or in grain or kermes.
To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
To work into the natural texture or into the mental or moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to infix deeply.
To dye in grain, or of a fast color. See Ingrain.
To incorporate with the grain or texture of anything; to infuse deeply. See Ingrain.
To color in imitation of the grain of wood; to grain. See Grain, v. t., 1.