imbibe是什么意思？

imbibe

英[ɪmˈbaɪb] 美[ɪmˈbaɪb]

• vt. 吸收，喝，吸取，吸气；

第三人称单数：imbibes;

过去式：imbibed;

过去分词：imbibed;

现在分词：imbibing;

例句

• It was advantageous to animals digest and imbibe soybean's nutrition composition. 有利于家畜对其营养成分的消化和吸收.
• Lounge patrons desperately wanted to imbibe the essence of all this. 酒吧的老主顾们极欲将全部精华吸收殆尽.
• A man's shoes get tight by imbibe water, but he do not. 人穿的鞋子会因吸饱了水而变紧,惟其本人则不会(醉).

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  饮,喝(酒)
  To imbibe alcohol means to drink it.
  例句
  They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol... 他们过去习惯于狂饮烈酒。 No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to start imbibing. 没人认为应该鼓励现在滴酒不沾的人去狂喝豪饮。
• VERB
  吸收,接受(思想或观点)
  If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true.
  例句
  As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle. 作为牧师的儿子,他从尚在襁褓时起就接受了一套神秘主义信仰。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  喝, 饮
  They imbibed the local cider before walking home to dinner. 他们在走回家吃饭之前喝了本地的苹果酒。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. take in, also metaphorically;
  "The sponge absorbs water well""She drew strength from the minister's words"
  2. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
  3. take in liquids;
  "The patient must drink several liters each day""The children like to drink soda"
  4. receive into the mind and retain;
  "Imbibe ethical principles"