英语词汇absorbed的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	absorbed
词源	absorbed adj. "engrossed mentally," 1760, past-participle adjective in a figurative sense from absorb (v.). Related: Absorbedly. Entries linking to absorbed absorb v. "to drink in, suck up, take in by absorption," early 15c., from Old French absorbir, assorbir (13c., Modern French absorber), from Latin absorbere "to swallow up, devour," from ab "off, away from" (see ab-) + sorbere "suck in," from PIE root *srebh- "to suck, absorb" (source also of Armenian arbi "I drank," Greek rhopheo "to sup greedily up, gulp down," Lithuanian srebiu, srėbti "to drink greedily"). Figurative meaning "to completely grip (one's) attention" is from 1763. self-absorbed adj. "absorbed in one's own thoughts or pursuits," 1796, from self- + absorbed "engrossed mentally." Related: Self-absorption. updated on February 13, 2021
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absorbed adj.