drive or force (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into a person or animal's body with a syringe or similar device 注射(药物、疫苗等) the doctor injected a painkilling drug. 医生注射了止痛药。 ■administer a drug or medicine to (a person or animal) in this way 给…注射药物 he injected himself with a drug overdose. 他给自己注射了过量毒品。 ■[no obj.]inject oneself with a narcotic drug, especially habitually (尤指习惯性)给自己注射麻醉药 people who want to stop injecting. 想停止自我注射麻醉药的人。 ■introduce (something) into a passage, cavity, or solid material under pressure (往管道、洞穴、固体材料中)注入 inject the foam and allow it to expand. 注入泡沫使之膨胀。 ■(Physics)introduce or feed (a current, beam of particles, etc.) into a substance or device (物理)(往物质、装置中)注入或射入(电流、粒子束等) ■place (a spacecraft or other object) into an orbit or trajectory 将(宇宙飞船等)射入轨道(或弹道) many meteoroids are injected into hyperbolic orbits. 许多流星体被射入双曲线轨道。
introduce (a new or different element) into something, especially as a boost or interruption (尤指为改善或干扰)插入(新元素,不同成分) she tried to inject scorn into her tone. 她试图在语气里加点儿轻蔑。 ■(inject something with)imbue something with (a new element) 使充满(新成分) he injected his voice with a confidence he didn't feel. 他的声音不自觉地充满了不曾有过的自信。
派生 injectable ( & ) adjective& noun 语源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'throw or cast on something'): from Latin inject- 'thrown in', from the verb inicere, from in- 'into' + jacere 'throw'