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engaging 音標拼音: [ɛng'edʒɪŋ] a. 動人的,迷人的,有魅力的 動人的,迷人的,有魅力的 engaging插入 engaging adj 1: attracting or delighting; " an engaging frankness"; " a piquant face with large appealing eyes" [ synonym: { engaging}, { piquant}] Engaging \ En* ga" ging\, a. Tending to draw the attention or affections; attractive; as, engaging manners or address. -- { En* ga" ging* ly}, adv. -- { En* ga" ging* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] { Engaging and disengaging gear} or { Engaging and disengaging machinery}, that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require. [ 1913 Webster]
Encage \ En* cage"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Encaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Engaging}.] [ Pref. en- cage: cf. F. encager.] To confine in a cage; to coop up. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Engage \ En* gage"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Engaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Engaging}.] [ F. engager; pref. en- ( L. in) gage pledge, pawn. See { Gage}.] 1. To put under pledge; to pledge; to place under obligations to do or forbear doing something, as by a pledge, oath, or promise; to bind by contract or promise. " I to thee engaged a prince' s word." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To gain for service; to bring in as associate or aid; to enlist; as, to engage friends to aid in a cause; to engage men for service. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To gain over; to win and attach; to attract and hold; to draw. [ 1913 Webster] Good nature engages everybody to him. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 4. To employ the attention and efforts of; to occupy; to engross; to draw on. [ 1913 Webster] Thus shall mankind his guardian care engage. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] Taking upon himself the difficult task of engaging him in conversation. -- Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster] 5. To enter into contest with; to encounter; to bring to conflict. [ 1913 Webster] A favorable opportunity of engaging the enemy. -- Ludlow. [ 1913 Webster] 6. ( Mach.) To come into gear with; as, the teeth of one cogwheel engage those of another, or one part of a clutch engages the other part. [ 1913 Webster] 81 Moby Thesaurus words for " engaging": absorbing, agreeable, alluring, appealing, appetizing, arresting, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, catching, charismatic, charming, coaxing, come- hither, consuming, coquettish, delightful, dulcet, enchanting, engagement, engrossing, enravishing, enthralling, enticing, entrancing, exciting, exotic, exquisite, fascinating, fetching, flirtatious, friendly, glamorous, gripping, heart- robbing, hiring, holding, hypnotic, interesting, intriguing, inviting, irresistible, likeable, lovely, luxurious, magnetic, mesmeric, mesmerizing, mouth- watering, obsessing, obsessive, open, piquant, pleasant, pleasing, prepossessing, provocative, provoquant, ravishing, seducing, seductive, sensuous, siren, sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, taking, tantalizing, teasing, tempting, thrilling, tickling, titillating, titillative, voluptuous, winning, winsome, witching
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