資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ingrain \In"grain`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ingrained}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Ingraining}.] [Written also engrain.]
1. To dye with or in grain or kermes.
2. To dye in the grain, or before manufacture.
3. To work into the natural texture or into the mental or
moral constitution of; to stain; to saturate; to imbue; to
infix deeply.
Our fields ingrained with blood. --Daniel.
Cruelty and jealousy seem to be ingrained in a man
who has these vices at all. --Helps.
資料來源 : WordNet®
ingraining
n : teaching or impressing upon the mind by frequent instruction
or repetition [syn: {inculcation}, {instilling}]