en.gage

engage的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [enˈgeidʒ]
KK音标发音： [ɛnˈgedʒ]

engage的词性：
v.（动词）

engage的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To obtain or contract for the services of; employ:
约定服务，雇佣：取得某项服务或签了合同；雇佣：

engage a carpenter.
雇个木匠

2. To arrange for the use of; reserve:
预订：为使用作安排；保留：

engage a roomSee Synonyms at book
预订房间参见 book

3. To pledge or promise, especially to marry.
订婚：提出或允诺，尤其指结婚

4. To attract and hold the attention of; engross:
吸引，全神贯注：引起或赢得注意；使全神贯注：

a hobby that engaged her for hours at a time.
此项嗜好使她一次要花去数小时

5. To win over or attract:
赢得，吸引住：

His smile engages everyone he meets.
他的微笑吸引住了每一个他所遇到的人

6. To draw into; involve:
参加：使加入；使卷入其中：

engage a shy person in conversation.
使害羞的人加入了交谈

7. To require the use of; occupy:
使用；占用：

Studying engages most of a serious student's time.
读书占用了认真学习的学生的大部分时间

8. To enter or bring into conflict with:
冲突：进入或导致与…交战：

We have engaged the enemy.
我们已经与敌人交战

9. To interlock or cause to interlock; mesh:
连结，接合；啮合：

engage the automobile's clutch.
使汽车离合器啮合

10. To give or take as security.
保证，担保

engage的词性：
v.intr.（不及物动词）

11. To involve oneself or become occupied; participate:
卷入其中或参加；参与：

engage in conversation.
加入谈话

12. To assume an obligation; agree.See Synonyms at promise
允诺；同意参见 promise

13. To enter into conflict or battle:
形成矛盾或交战：

The armies engaged at dawn.
军队拂晓出击

14. To become meshed or interlocked:
啮合，连结并相互作用：

The gears engaged.
齿轮啮合

engage的词源：

15. Middle English engagen [to pledge something as security for repayment of debt]
中古英语 engagen [抵押物品，以做为偿付担保]

16. from Old French engagier
源自 古法语 engagier

17. en- [in] * see en- ¹
en- [在…里] *参见 en-¹

18. gage [pledge]
gage [抵押，担保]

19. [of Germanic origin]
[日耳曼语源的]

engage的词性：
n.（名词）