Imbibe



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 饮; 吸入
• ［英］ v. 饮 ( to drink) ;吸入 ( to absorb)
• ［记］ im ( 进入) +bibe ( =drink 喝) -> 喝入
• ［例］ a sponge imbibes moisture

Webster Collegiate

verb (imbibed; imbibing)

• Etymology: Middle English enbiben to absorb, cause to absorb, from Latin imbibere to drink in, absorb, from in- + bibere to drink — more at potable
• Date: 14th century
• transitive verb
  • 1. archaic soak, steep
  • 2.
    • a. to receive into the mind and retain <imbibe moral principles>
    • b. to assimilate or take into solution
  • 3.
    • a. drink
    • b. to take in or up <a sponge imbibes moisture>
• intransitive verb
  • 1. drink 2
  • 2.
    • a. to take in liquid
    • b. to absorb or assimilate moisture, gas, light, or heat
• ? imbiber noun

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