imbibe

imbibe
[ɪmˈbʌɪb]
verb
  1. [with obj.](formal, often humorous)drink (alcohol)
    (正式， 常幽默)饮，喝（酒）
    they were imbibing far too many pitchers of beer.
    他们喝了太多罐啤酒。
    [no obj.]having imbibed too freely, he fell over.
    他喝了大量的酒，跌倒了。
    ■(figurative)absorb or assimilate (ideas or knowledge)
    (喻)吸收，接纳（观念，知识）
    the Bolshevist propaganda which you imbibed in your youth.
    你年轻时候接纳的布尔什维克宣传。
    ■(chiefly Botany)(especially of seeds) absorb (water) into ultramicroscopic spaces or pores
    (主植)（尤指种子）吸涨
    ■(Botany)place (seeds) in water in order to absorb it
    (植)浸（种）
派生
imbiber
noun
imbibition
[ɪmbɪˈbɪʃ(ə)n]
noun
  1. (chiefly Botany).)
语源
  1. late Middle English (in the senses 'absorb or cause to absorb moisture' and 'take into solution'): from Latin imbibere, from in- 'in' + bibere 'to drink'
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