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

Entering \En"ter*ing\, or Entrant edge \En"trant, edge\ .
   = {Advancing edge}.

Enter \En"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Entered}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Entering}.] [OE. entren, enteren, F. entrer, fr. L. intrare,
   fr. intro inward, contr. fr. intero (sc. loco), fr. inter in
   between, between. See {Inter-}, {In}, and cf. {Interior}.]
   1. To come or go into; to pass into the interior of; to pass
      within the outer cover or shell of; to penetrate; to
      pierce; as, to enter a house, a closet, a country, a door,
      etc.; the river enters the sea.

            That darksome cave they enter.        --Spenser.

            I, . . . with the multitude of my redeemed, Shall
            enter heaven, long absent.            --Milton.

   2. To unite in; to join; to be admitted to; to become a
      member of; as, to enter an association, a college, an
      army.

   3. To engage in; to become occupied with; as, to enter the
      legal profession, the book trade, etc.

   4. To pass within the limits of; to attain; to begin; to
      commence upon; as, to enter one's teens, a new era, a new
      dispensation.

   5. To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put
      in; to insert; to cause to be admitted; as, to enter a
      knife into a piece of wood, a wedge into a log; to enter a
      boy at college, a horse for a race, etc.

   6. To inscribe; to enroll; to record; as, to enter a name, or
      a date, in a book, or a book in a catalogue; to enter the
      particulars of a sale in an account, a manifest of a ship
      or of merchandise at the customhouse.

   7. (Law)
      (a) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual
          possession of them.
      (b) To place in regular form before the court, usually in
          writing; to put upon record in proper from and order;
          as, to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment.
          --Burrill.

   8. To make report of (a vessel or her cargo) at the
      customhouse; to submit a statement of (imported goods),
      with the original invoices, to the proper officer of the
      customs for estimating the duties. See {Entry}, 4.

   9. To file or inscribe upon the records of the land office
      the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public
      land) in order to entitle a person to a right pf
      pre["e]mption. [U.S.] --Abbott.

   10. To deposit for copyright the title or description of (a
       book, picture, map, etc.); as, ``entered according to act
       of Congress.''

   11. To initiate; to introduce favorably. [Obs.] --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

entering
     adj : that is going in; "the entering class"; "the ingoing
           administration"; "ingoing data" [syn: {entering(p)}, {ingoing}]
     n 1: a movement into or inward [syn: {entrance}]
     2: the act of entering; "she made a grand entrance" [syn: {entrance},
         {entry}, {ingress}, {incoming}]