资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Engaged \En*gaged"\, a.
   1. Occupied; employed; busy.

   2. Pledged; promised; especially, having the affections
      pledged; promised in marriage; affianced; betrothed.

   3. Greatly interested; of awakened zeal; earnest.

   4. Involved; esp., involved in a hostile encounter; as, the
      engaged ships continued the fight.

   {Engaged column}. (Arch.) Same as {Attached column}. See
      under {Attach}, v. t.