A sharp point pressed onto something hard — metal, glass, stone — cutting one thin line after another until a name or a picture is there. The mark is in the surface, not on it, so nothing rubs it off or washes it away. That is the whole point of the word, and it is why the same verb can be turned on a surface nobody can see.
From the word’s history
Wiktionary gives engrave as en- plus grave, where grave is the old verb meaning to carve or cut — literally, to get the cut into it.
來源資料把 engrave 拆成 en-（使進入）加 grave，而這裡的 grave 是舊英文裡「刻」的動詞，不是墳墓那個名詞。字面就是「把刻痕弄進去」，跟今天的用法對得很準。
Wiktionary (kaikki extract) entry 'engrave', etymology 1: from earlier ingrave, equivalent to en- + grave (to carve, engrave)
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
engraveverb詞源 1/ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/
- 1
To carve text or symbols into (something), usually for the purposes of identification or art.
- He engraved the plaque with his name.
- Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."
- 2
To carve (something) into a material.
- He engraved his name.
engraveverb詞源 2/ɪnˈɡɹeɪv/
- 1
obsoleteTo put in a grave, to bury.
- So both agree their bodies to engraue; / The great earthes wombe they open to the sky [...].
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。