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单词 infusion
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Definition of infusion in English:

infusion

noun ɪnˈfjuːʒ(ə)nɪnˈfjuʒən
  • 1A drink, remedy, or extract prepared by soaking tea leaves or herbs in liquid.

    a strong rosemary infusion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Citronnelle is used in food, but also to make infusions, and after dinner you are offered tea, coffee or citronnelle.
    • Originally, in the 17th century, the sugar syrup was made with barley water, an infusion of boiled barley which gave it an agreeable, mild flavour.
    • The vast selections of differing vodka infusions are excellent, something for everyone.
    • A strong infusion of the tea with brewer's yeast treats delayed menses.
    • This was her first effort of the afternoon, a risotto of chicken and smoked bacon with green beans and Parmesan, surrounded by an infusion of fresh herbs in olive oil.
    • She bathed his wounds in a steaming infusion of sweet smelling herbs, and as they inhaled the steam, their exhaustion seeped out of their bones.
    • Major abortifacients used include infusions from herbs, leaves of special shrubs, plant roots, and the bark of some trees.
    • Drink an infusion of sage-a few leaves in a cup of boiling water (let the water cool a little).
    • She started drinking fruit infusions, water and coffee instead of tea.
    • He saw the tribal leader drinking an infusion from a plant bearing a striking resemblance to Chinese tea.
    • Either switch to decaffeinated tea or coffee or herbal infusions like vervain, mint or camomile.
    • My patient lives on a ‘colitis-cure’ diet of tofu, wheat grass infusions and green tea.
    • Lots of bars now are doing their own infusions, usually with vodka.
    • She makes just a few house vodka infusions, including one infused with beet that is used in her Ruby (shaken with lemon-lime juice).
    • To prepare the infusion, steep one-half ounce of each of these herbs in four cups of boiling water for two hours.
    • Poach salmon in an infusion of green tea and ginger.
    • Order some of their delicate cocktail infusions, while DJs spin ambient club sounds to suit the chilled setting.
    • Whether drinks have infusions, fresh fruit or vegetable garnishes, or muddled fruit - fresh, sparkling, simple and less sweet are the buzz words this spring.
    • Plants dried at room temperature were used to prepare infusions.
    • Be careful, however, as some of the ‘teas’, especially fruit teas, are not infusions but black tea with a heaped dosing of flavoring.
    Synonyms
    stock, broth, bouillon, juice, gravy, liquid, extract, concentrate, decoction
    1. 1.1mass noun The process of preparing an infusion.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This system provides your muscles with a 2-Stage infusion of nutrients to prepare you for intense workouts and keep you pumped all day long.
      • They have also been used, by infusion, to colour milk destined for cake-making, thus giving the cake a richer colour.
      • It was used widely as a medium for the infusion of medicinal herbs.
      • However, another tea expert points out that although the size of the bag may be important, factors such as increasing infusion with a spoon also make a difference.
      • Use one of the following methods to prepare a solution for infusion.
  • 2mass noun The introduction of a new element or quality into something.

    the infusion of $6.3 million for improvements
    count noun an infusion of youthful talent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our bodies, minds, and souls need shaping and preparing for any special infusion of grace.
    • The infusion of offensive talent doesn't end with Green.
    • In recent months, much has been said of the upcoming infusion of games and talent into the console market.
    • Where's your next talent infusion coming from?
    • Well, apparently Steven not only completed the film, but also reworded much of the original with many of his special effects treatments and infusion of sentiment.
    • Steinbrook has also pointed out that there is no emergency infusion of registered nursing staff available to resuscitate the hospitals to a better level of patient care.
    • The Germans' cultural nationalism did not need political infusion; quite the contrary, it thrived due to its apolitical appeal.
    • While small parcels of capacity will keep getting added, significant capacity infusion will happen from the second quarter of 2006 as more projects get completed.
    • The negligible impact of this ever-increasing cash infusion on reading scores is illustrated in this chart.
    • This rebuilding job will need at least one more season of talent infusion to contend for the playoffs.
    • Fresh ideas, inventive combinations and a lively ambience inform this modern Scottish restaurant famed for giving traditional dishes a vibrant international infusion.
    • Rostow had argued that the economically backward countries could be on the road to development if there was infusion of capital, in the form of foreign investment or aid.
    • However, the final arrangement of equity infusion is still to be worked out.
    • And you have to hope and pray for everybody's sake that what the president said last night is that it would be better now that he's asked for this huge new infusion of money.
    • After years of austerity, the Klein government has given the region a huge cash infusion, increasing the amount of money for cardiac surgery by 20 per cent.
    • That infusion of cash that's coming in to save Social Security can really only come from one source - higher taxes.
    • His infusion of self-deprecating humor is what saved the movie from trying to take itself too seriously.
    • The infusion of supernatural elements into human societies is itself a natural phenomenon that has a naturalistic origin and history.
    • The approval would be to ensure a quality infusion into the reserves.
    • This is in addition to the federal government's massive infusion of funds directed primarily at emergency and transitional housing, rather than long-term housing.
    Synonyms
    introduction, instilling, imbuing, inculcation
  • 3Medicine
    The slow injection of a substance into a vein or tissue.

    a four-hour intravenous infusion
    Example sentencesExamples
    • This patient received a second graft infusion on day + 13.
    • This is the first time that such improvement in a chronic neurological disease has occurred following infusion of a growth factor.
    • The regular insulin regimen was 0.1 units per kg followed by continuous infusion of 0.1 units per kg per hour until correction of hyperglycemia.
    • One week after the second infusion, he developed a limited skin rash, fever, and mouth vesicles and ulcers, suggestive of herpesvirus infection.
    • These treatments include hyperventilation, cerebrospinal fluid drainage, infusion of mannitol, hypothermia, barbiturates, and decompressive craniotomy.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the pouring in of a liquid): from Latin infusio(n-), from the verb infundere (see infuse).

 
 

Definition of infusion in US English:

infusion

nouninˈfyo͞oZHənɪnˈfjuʒən
  • 1A drink, remedy, or extract prepared by soaking the leaves of a plant or herb in liquid.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Drink an infusion of sage-a few leaves in a cup of boiling water (let the water cool a little).
    • Whether drinks have infusions, fresh fruit or vegetable garnishes, or muddled fruit - fresh, sparkling, simple and less sweet are the buzz words this spring.
    • Poach salmon in an infusion of green tea and ginger.
    • Either switch to decaffeinated tea or coffee or herbal infusions like vervain, mint or camomile.
    • This was her first effort of the afternoon, a risotto of chicken and smoked bacon with green beans and Parmesan, surrounded by an infusion of fresh herbs in olive oil.
    • Citronnelle is used in food, but also to make infusions, and after dinner you are offered tea, coffee or citronnelle.
    • She bathed his wounds in a steaming infusion of sweet smelling herbs, and as they inhaled the steam, their exhaustion seeped out of their bones.
    • Originally, in the 17th century, the sugar syrup was made with barley water, an infusion of boiled barley which gave it an agreeable, mild flavour.
    • Plants dried at room temperature were used to prepare infusions.
    • She makes just a few house vodka infusions, including one infused with beet that is used in her Ruby (shaken with lemon-lime juice).
    • Order some of their delicate cocktail infusions, while DJs spin ambient club sounds to suit the chilled setting.
    • A strong infusion of the tea with brewer's yeast treats delayed menses.
    • Major abortifacients used include infusions from herbs, leaves of special shrubs, plant roots, and the bark of some trees.
    • The vast selections of differing vodka infusions are excellent, something for everyone.
    • She started drinking fruit infusions, water and coffee instead of tea.
    • My patient lives on a ‘colitis-cure’ diet of tofu, wheat grass infusions and green tea.
    • He saw the tribal leader drinking an infusion from a plant bearing a striking resemblance to Chinese tea.
    • Be careful, however, as some of the ‘teas’, especially fruit teas, are not infusions but black tea with a heaped dosing of flavoring.
    • Lots of bars now are doing their own infusions, usually with vodka.
    • To prepare the infusion, steep one-half ounce of each of these herbs in four cups of boiling water for two hours.
    Synonyms
    stock, broth, bouillon, juice, gravy, liquid, extract, concentrate, decoction
    1. 1.1 The process of preparing an extract by soaking the leaves of a plant in liquid.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • This system provides your muscles with a 2-Stage infusion of nutrients to prepare you for intense workouts and keep you pumped all day long.
      • Use one of the following methods to prepare a solution for infusion.
      • It was used widely as a medium for the infusion of medicinal herbs.
      • However, another tea expert points out that although the size of the bag may be important, factors such as increasing infusion with a spoon also make a difference.
      • They have also been used, by infusion, to colour milk destined for cake-making, thus giving the cake a richer colour.
  • 2The introduction of a new element or quality into something.

    the infusion of $6.3 million for improvements
    an infusion of youthful talent
    Example sentencesExamples
    • While small parcels of capacity will keep getting added, significant capacity infusion will happen from the second quarter of 2006 as more projects get completed.
    • Fresh ideas, inventive combinations and a lively ambience inform this modern Scottish restaurant famed for giving traditional dishes a vibrant international infusion.
    • After years of austerity, the Klein government has given the region a huge cash infusion, increasing the amount of money for cardiac surgery by 20 per cent.
    • The negligible impact of this ever-increasing cash infusion on reading scores is illustrated in this chart.
    • The infusion of offensive talent doesn't end with Green.
    • Well, apparently Steven not only completed the film, but also reworded much of the original with many of his special effects treatments and infusion of sentiment.
    • And you have to hope and pray for everybody's sake that what the president said last night is that it would be better now that he's asked for this huge new infusion of money.
    • This rebuilding job will need at least one more season of talent infusion to contend for the playoffs.
    • His infusion of self-deprecating humor is what saved the movie from trying to take itself too seriously.
    • Where's your next talent infusion coming from?
    • Our bodies, minds, and souls need shaping and preparing for any special infusion of grace.
    • Rostow had argued that the economically backward countries could be on the road to development if there was infusion of capital, in the form of foreign investment or aid.
    • The approval would be to ensure a quality infusion into the reserves.
    • That infusion of cash that's coming in to save Social Security can really only come from one source - higher taxes.
    • The infusion of supernatural elements into human societies is itself a natural phenomenon that has a naturalistic origin and history.
    • In recent months, much has been said of the upcoming infusion of games and talent into the console market.
    • Steinbrook has also pointed out that there is no emergency infusion of registered nursing staff available to resuscitate the hospitals to a better level of patient care.
    • However, the final arrangement of equity infusion is still to be worked out.
    • The Germans' cultural nationalism did not need political infusion; quite the contrary, it thrived due to its apolitical appeal.
    • This is in addition to the federal government's massive infusion of funds directed primarily at emergency and transitional housing, rather than long-term housing.
    Synonyms
    introduction, instilling, imbuing, inculcation
  • 3Medicine
    The slow injection of a substance into a vein or tissue.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • This is the first time that such improvement in a chronic neurological disease has occurred following infusion of a growth factor.
    • This patient received a second graft infusion on day + 13.
    • The regular insulin regimen was 0.1 units per kg followed by continuous infusion of 0.1 units per kg per hour until correction of hyperglycemia.
    • These treatments include hyperventilation, cerebrospinal fluid drainage, infusion of mannitol, hypothermia, barbiturates, and decompressive craniotomy.
    • One week after the second infusion, he developed a limited skin rash, fever, and mouth vesicles and ulcers, suggestive of herpesvirus infection.

Origin

Late Middle English (denoting the pouring in of a liquid): from Latin infusio(n-), from the verb infundere (see infuse).

 
 
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