immersion

没頭、浸ること

活動に深く打ち込むことや、ある言語や文化に浸ること。

やさしい英語で： Being deeply involved in an activity or surrounded by a language or culture.

• Immersion helped me learn Spanish.
• The course offers complete immersion in the language.
• His long immersion in research left little time for friends.

使い方： immersion in something (Her immersion in local life helped her understand the culture.)

類義語： involvement, absorption

よく使う表現： language immersion, immersion in something, total immersion

浸礼

キリスト教の洗礼で、人の全身を水に沈めること。

やさしい英語で： Putting a person completely under water as part of a Christian religious ceremony.

• The church practices baptism by immersion.
• Her immersion took place in the river.
• The priest explained the meaning of immersion before the ceremony.

よく使う表現： baptism by immersion, full immersion

没入感、没入

物語やゲームに引き込まれ、架空の世界が現実のように感じられること。

やさしい英語で： Feeling so involved in a story or game that its imaginary world seems real.

• The music adds to the game’s immersion.
• Frequent errors broke my immersion in the story.
• Realistic characters create a strong sense of immersion.

類義語： absorption

よく使う表現： break immersion, player immersion, sense of immersion

投げ込みヒーター

水槽やタンクの水に入れて使う電気式の加熱器。

やさしい英語で： An electric device inside a water tank that heats the water.

• The immersion heats our water.
• Did you leave the immersion on overnight?
• We replaced the broken immersion before winter.

類義語： immersion heater

よく使う表現： switch the immersion, immersion switch