ingrown

ingrown
adjective
  1. growing or having grown within a thing; innate
    长在内的;先天的,天生的
    as Greek instinct or ingrown habit would have dictated.
    就像希腊人的本能或者与生俱来的习惯会支配的那样。
    ■(of a toenail) having grown into the flesh
    (脚趾甲)长入肉里的
    ■preoccupied with oneself; inward-looking
    专注于自我的;关注内部的
    direct mail is a clubby, ingrown world in which everybody knows everybody.
    直邮广告是个排外的,只关注内部的世界,那里人人相熟。
    ■(Geology)(of an incised meander) asymmetric in cross section due to lateral erosion
    (地质)(深切曲流)(由侧面冲蚀引起的)横截面不对称的,内生的
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