ingrain: [17] Ingrain means literally ‘work into the grain’ (of fabric, originally) – whence the main metaphorical sense of ingrained, ‘deepseated’. But there is much more to the story of ingrain than that. Its ultimate source was engrainer ‘dye’, an Old French verb based on graine ‘cochineal dye’. English borrowed this in the 14th century as engrain ‘dye crimson with cochineal’, which remained a live sense of the word into the 17th century.
Gradually awareness of the word’s original specific connections with the colour crimson died out, and the verb was virtually formed anew in the mid 17th century using the concept of the grain or ‘texture’ of cloth, but the spelling engrain remained, and remains as a secondary variant to this day, to remind us of the word’s origins. => grain
ingrain (v.)
1766, see engrain. Figurative use, of qualities, habits, etc., attested from 1851 (in ingrained). Of dyed carpets, etc., 1766, from in grain.
双语例句
1. Training camp, he said, will quickly ingrain those principles.
他说训练营会很快让那些原则根深蒂固.
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2. Ingrain into your website, your unique affiliate links, wherever you see fit.
植入到你的网站, 你的独特从属环节, 你认为在哪里.
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3. Mother tried to ingrain respect for our elders in us.
母亲努力教育我们尊重老人.
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4. Just ingrain it in your brain.
只要把它深印在你的脑海中.
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5. Ingrain diamter determination , fist the desulfurization rate should be ensured, to obtain the optimized economic index.
