If you are engrossed in something, it has your whole mind. You are reading, watching, talking, or working, and the rest of the world has gone quiet.

If you are engrossed in something如果你engrossed in某件事, it has your whole mind那件事佔據了你全部的心思. You are reading, watching, talking, or working你在讀、看、講話或工作, and the rest of the world has gone quiet其他的一切都變得安靜了.

This is the form students meet most often — not the verb, but this state of being inside the thing.

This is the form students meet most often這是學生最常遇到的形式 — not the verb, but this state of being inside the thing——不是動詞，而是這種整個人陷進去的狀態.

We almost always say engrossed in a book, a conversation, a game, a film.

We almost always say我們幾乎都說 engrossed in a book, a conversation, a game, a filmengrossed in一本書、一場對話、一場遊戲、一部電影.

It is a little more written than spoken, but people do say it, and it is kind: it means the thing was worth disappearing into. It does not mean you are disgusted, even though gross in slang means that.

It is a little more written than spoken這個字比較常出現在文字裡而不是口語, but people do say it不過人們也會說, and it is kind而且這是個正面的字: it means the thing was worth disappearing into意思是那件事值得讓人整個投入進去. It does not mean you are disgusted它不是說你覺得噁心, even though gross in slang means that雖然gross在俚語裡是那個意思.

Though actually, the older “written in large letters / taken in bulk” history of engross is still sitting under this word; in modern talk, though, you can treat engrossed as simply “so interested you notice nothing else.”

Though actually其實, the older "written in large letters / taken in bulk" history of engross engross這個字更早「用大字寫成／整批買下」的歷史 is still sitting under this word還藏在這個字底下; in modern talk, though不過在現代用法裡, you can treat engrossed as simply "so interested you notice nothing else."你可以把engrossed簡單理解成「專心到注意不到別的事」.