engrain
英 [ɪn'ɡreɪn]
- vt. 使根深蒂固；把…染成木纹色
- adj. 根深蒂固的
英文词源
- engrain (v.)
- also ingrain, late 14c., originally "dye (a fabric) red with cochineal," from French phrase en graine, from graine "seed of a plant," also "cochineal" (the source of the dye was thought to be berries), thus "fast-dyed." See grain; also compare kermes. Later associated with grain in the sense of "the fiber of a thing." Used figuratively from 16c. Related: Engrained.
