immerse
/ɪˈmɜːs/verb
1
- with obj. dip or submerge in a liquid浸, 泡：
immerse the paper in water for twenty minutes.
将纸张浸在水中20分钟。
1.1
- baptize (someone) by immersion in water给（某人）施洗礼。
2
- （immerse oneself 或be immersed）figurative involve oneself deeply in a particular activity or interest〈喻〉投入, 陷入, 沉浸于（活动, 爱好）：
she immersed herself in her work
她全身心投入工作
she was still immersed in her thoughts.
她仍然沉浸于思考中。
词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin immers- 'dipped into', from the verb immergere, from in- 'in' + mergere 'to dip'.