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夢中 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • absorbed adj Completely focused on something, to the exclusion of everything else.
  • absorption noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  • dazzle verb To temporarily blind or confuse someone's vision with an intense light.
  • infatuation noun An intense but often short-lived attraction or passion for someone.

Senses

夢中 is used for these senses in English:

  • absorbed Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18th century.]
  • absorption Entire engrossment or occupation of the mind. [First attested in the mid 19th century.]
  • dazzle (transitive, figuratively) To render incapable of thinking clearly; to overwhelm with showiness or brilliance.
  • infatuation (obsolete) The act of infatuating; the state of being infatuated; madness.

absorbed — full definition

  1. adj Completely focused on something, to the exclusion of everything else.
  2. adj Taken in or soaked up.

absorption — full definition

  1. noun The process of taking in and incorporating a substance, such as light, heat, or liquid.
  2. noun A total engrossment of someone's attention or interest.

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