[with obj.]take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it 咽下;吸收;摄取(食物、饮料等) ■(figurative)absorb (information) (喻)吸取(信息) he spent his days ingesting the contents of the library. 他把时间花在吸取图书馆里的知识上。
派生 ingestion noun ingestive adjective 语源
early 17th cent.: from Latin ingest- 'brought in', from the verb ingerere, from in- 'into' + gerere 'carry'