单词 | imbibe |
释义 | imbibe (ɪmbaɪb ) Word forms: imbibes , imbibing , imbibed 1. verb To imbibe alcohol means to drink it. [formal, often humorous] They were used to imbibing enormous quantities of alcohol. [VERB noun] No one believes that current nondrinkers should be encouraged to start imbibing. [VERB] Synonyms: drink, consume, knock back [informal], neck [slang] 2. verb If you imbibe ideas or arguments, you listen to them, accept them, and believe that they are right or true. [formal] As a clergyman's son he'd imbibed a set of mystical beliefs from the cradle. [VERB noun] Synonyms: absorb, receive, take in, gain |
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