(亦作 engrain)[with obj.]firmly fix or establish (a habit, belief, or attitude) in a person 使(习惯,信仰,态度)根深蒂固
adjective
(of a textile) composed of fibres which have been dyed different colours before being woven (纺织品)由染色原纱织成的
语源
late Middle English (originally as engrain in the sense 'dye with cochineal or in fast colours'): from en-, in- (as an intensifier) + the verb grain. The adjective is from in grain 'fast-dyed', from the old use of grain meaning 'kermes, cochineal'