Definition

1. Verb (reflexive):
   • To immerse oneself / to lose oneself in: To become deeply involved, absorbed, or engrossed in a particular activity, state, or environment, often to the point of forgetting one's surroundings.
   • To wallow in: To indulge or revel excessively in a particular emotion, sensation, or experience, often with a negative or self-indulgent connotation.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy thích đắm mình trong những cuốn sách. (She loves to immerse herself in books.)
  • Anh ấy đắm mình trong công việc để quên đi nỗi buồn. (He immerses himself in work to forget his sorrow.)
  • Không nên đắm mình trong quá khứ. (One should not wallow in the past.)

Advanced Usage

• "đắm mình trong suy nghĩ": to be lost in thought, to be deep in contemplation.

  • Ông ấy ngồi đắm mình trong suy nghĩ hàng giờ. (He sat lost in thought for hours.)

• "đắm mình vào thiên nhiên": to immerse oneself in nature.

  • Kỳ nghỉ là cơ hội để chúng tôi đắm mình vào thiên nhiên. (The vacation was a chance for us to immerse ourselves in nature.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đắm (v): to sink, to submerge; to be deeply absorbed or lost in (e.g., đắm chìm).

  • Con tàu đắm sau vụ va chạm. (The ship sank after the collision.)

• Đắm đuối (adj): deeply infatuated, passionately engrossed (often in love or desire).

  • Ánh mắt đắm đuối. (A deeply infatuated gaze.)

Synonyms

• Immerse oneself: To involve oneself deeply in an activity.
• Engross oneself: To absorb all one's attention.
• Wallow in: To indulge unrestrainedly in a negative emotion or state.

Related Idioms

• Đắm mình trong men rượu: to drown one's sorrows in drink.

  • Sau thất bại, anh ta chỉ muốn đắm mình trong men rượu. (After the failure, he just wanted to drown his sorrows in drink.)

• Đắm mình trong hưởng lạc: to wallow in (sensual) pleasures.

  • Kẻ giàu có ấy chỉ biết đắm mình trong hưởng lạc. (That wealthy man knows only how to wallow in pleasures.)

1. Wallow in
   • Đắm mình trong hoan lạc
     To wallow in sensual pleasures