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单词 imbue
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Definition of imbue in English:

imbue

verbimbued, imbues, imbuing ɪmˈbjuːɪmˈbju
[with object]often be imbued with
  • Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)

    his works are invariably imbued with a sense of calm and serenity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A lady of gentle disposition and kind manner, Nora was imbued with a caring and compassionate nature.
    • People of Annie's generation were imbued with a great sense of country and patriotism.
    • Most do an excellent job of capturing the classic feel of the characters, and imbuing an epic quality into proceedings.
    • We imbue the appreciation of art with some sort of Protestant work ethic and demand it does us good.
    • I spend a lot of time praying that they are imbued with greater wisdom.
    • Always eager to reach out to others, especially the Jews, he was imbued with a deep agony over the suffering of others.
    • They played with control and flair in the first half, while the second half was imbued with indiscipline and scrappiness.
    • The rest of the squad are amateurs imbued with a professional attitude.
    • He is imbued with a quiet confidence, but he appreciates how precious that particular commodity is.
    • Her eccentric characters are imbued with humanity, and the ending is stunning.
    • A gracious and pleasant lady, Delia was imbued with many fine and noble traits.
    • James was imbued with many noble qualities which served him well and earned him enormous respect.
    • They are qualities the current squad is imbued with, given their performances under pressure.
    • But his works are also imbued with social commentary, desperately wanting to make the world a better place.
    • Debt relief, too, is imbued with moral hazard: the worse a government behaves, the more it is rewarded.
    • Scenes are imbued with a hallucinatory quality, reminiscent of European art cinema.
    • Historical sites of revolutions are often imbued with an aura of romantic mystique.
    • He was a man of gentle and quiet disposition who was imbued with many noble qualities.
    • It's an inspired album that is imbued with the warm spirit and gracious heart that is this family.
    • Her books are also imbued with an ethos of tolerance and acceptance.
    Synonyms
    permeate, saturate, diffuse, suffuse, pervade
    impregnate, inject, inculcate, instil, ingrain, inspire, inform
    fill, charge, load

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'saturate'): from French imbu 'moistened', from Latin imbutus, past participle of imbuere 'moisten'.

Rhymes

accrue, adieu, ado, anew, Anjou, aperçu, askew, ballyhoo, bamboo, bedew, bestrew, billet-doux, blew, blue, boo, boohoo, brew, buckaroo, canoe, chew, clew, clou, clue, cock-a-doodle-doo, cockatoo, construe, coo, Corfu, coup, crew, Crewe, cru, cue, déjà vu, derring-do, dew, didgeridoo, do, drew, due, endue, ensue, eschew, feu, few, flew, flu, flue, foreknew, glue, gnu, goo, grew, halloo, hereto, hew, Hindu, hitherto, how-do-you-do, hue, Hugh, hullabaloo, imbrue, jackaroo, Jew, kangaroo, Karroo, Kathmandu, kazoo, Kiangsu, knew, Kru, K2, kung fu, Lahu, Lanzhou, Lao-tzu, lasso, lieu, loo, Lou, Manchu, mangetout, mew, misconstrue, miscue, moo, moue, mu, nardoo, new, non-U, nu, ooh, outdo, outflew, outgrew, peekaboo, Peru, pew, plew, Poitou, pooh, pooh-pooh, potoroo, pursue, queue, revue, roo, roux, rue, Selous, set-to, shampoo, shih-tzu, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, skean dhu, skew, skidoo, slew, smew, snafu, sou, spew, sprue, stew, strew, subdue, sue, switcheroo, taboo, tattoo, thereto, thew, threw, thro, through, thru, tickety-boo, Timbuktu, tiramisu, to, to-do, too, toodle-oo, true, true-blue, tu-whit tu-whoo, two, vendue, view, vindaloo, virtu, wahoo, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-to-do, whereto, whew, who, withdrew, woo, Wu, yew, you, zoo
 
 

Definition of imbue in US English:

imbue

verbɪmˈbjuimˈbyo͞o
[with object]often be imbued with
  • Inspire or permeate with (a feeling or quality)

    the entire performance was imbued with sparkle and elan
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Always eager to reach out to others, especially the Jews, he was imbued with a deep agony over the suffering of others.
    • Her eccentric characters are imbued with humanity, and the ending is stunning.
    • They are qualities the current squad is imbued with, given their performances under pressure.
    • They played with control and flair in the first half, while the second half was imbued with indiscipline and scrappiness.
    • Most do an excellent job of capturing the classic feel of the characters, and imbuing an epic quality into proceedings.
    • But his works are also imbued with social commentary, desperately wanting to make the world a better place.
    • The rest of the squad are amateurs imbued with a professional attitude.
    • He is imbued with a quiet confidence, but he appreciates how precious that particular commodity is.
    • James was imbued with many noble qualities which served him well and earned him enormous respect.
    • Her books are also imbued with an ethos of tolerance and acceptance.
    • We imbue the appreciation of art with some sort of Protestant work ethic and demand it does us good.
    • Historical sites of revolutions are often imbued with an aura of romantic mystique.
    • It's an inspired album that is imbued with the warm spirit and gracious heart that is this family.
    • A lady of gentle disposition and kind manner, Nora was imbued with a caring and compassionate nature.
    • Debt relief, too, is imbued with moral hazard: the worse a government behaves, the more it is rewarded.
    • He was a man of gentle and quiet disposition who was imbued with many noble qualities.
    • Scenes are imbued with a hallucinatory quality, reminiscent of European art cinema.
    • People of Annie's generation were imbued with a great sense of country and patriotism.
    • A gracious and pleasant lady, Delia was imbued with many fine and noble traits.
    • I spend a lot of time praying that they are imbued with greater wisdom.
    Synonyms
    permeate, saturate, diffuse, suffuse, pervade

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘saturate’): from French imbu ‘moistened’, from Latin imbutus, past participle of imbuere ‘moisten’.

 
 
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