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单词 ingest
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Definition of ingest in English:

ingest

verb ɪnˈdʒɛstɪnˈdʒɛst
[with object]
  • 1Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.

    lead will poison anyone if enough is ingested
    they ingest oxygen from the air
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As soon as the offending protein is ingested, the body produces histamine in an attempt to expel or kill the ‘invader’.
    • Every physical ailment is classified as warm or cold, and its cure depends on restoring the body's equilibrium by ingesting foods with the opposite properties.
    • The penguins ingest the oil as they preen their feathers, which changes the birds' immune systems, making them more vulnerable to disease.
    • And you might consider buying organic produce to avoid ingesting pesticides with your food.
    • This is David's way of being in the world: he doesn't ingest food or drink, and he doesn't sleep or get tired or bored.
    • It bothers me more that I may be ingesting chemicals that my body will absorb.
    • All food and drink is ingested through a special ‘feeding tube’ through her larynx.
    • There is no cure for a food allergy and, once your body reacts, the reaction will intensify each time you ingest the nasty substance.
    • When ingesting low doses of ethanol, most humans exhibit responses such as disinhibition and euphoria.
    • Frugivorous vertebrates ingest fruits and the seeds within, later defecating the seeds.
    • The tentacles are pushed into the mouth to ingest food.
    • As you ingest protein, your body will break it down into the different amino acids contained in that protein.
    • Fungi are not able to ingest their food like animals do, nor can they manufacture their own food the way plants do.
    • In addition, we suggest that ingested ethanol may be an appetitive stimulant.
    • When animals ingest chemicals such as PCBs, the toxins are not broken down in the body but are instead stored in fatty tissue.
    • The gut model only allows for a mass intake on a daily basis that does not exceed the mass of the animal ingesting the food.
    • The argument of quality of food becomes important only when enough food is ingested.
    • A heightened female sensitivity to ingested ethanol could possibly serve useful functions.
    • In June, and again in the late summer, they congregate at mineral springs where they ingest salts.
    • When chocolate is ingested in significant quantities, cats may suffer life-threatening effects.
    Synonyms
    eat, munch, munch on, consume, take, partake of, taste, swallow, devour, feast on, gulp, gulp down, gobble, gobble down, wolf, wolf down, scoff, scoff down, tuck in, tuck into, breakfast, breakfast on, lunch, lunch on, dine, dine on
    1. 1.1 Absorb (information)
      he spent his days ingesting the contents of the library
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The archive connects to the applications and ingests the stream of information that comes from that source.
      • He somehow ingested all the information that's available to him in his brain.
      • It is simply a tool to communicate the level of support to users who are ingesting content.
      • Then you paused trying to ingest all this new information.
      • I love reading on websites, where else can you ingest all the varied means of visually conveying information simultaneously?
      • The Web was a dismal place for ingesting information because it was visually bereft, difficult to move around in, and generally unpleasant.
      • Content management solution providers are focused on managing the lifecycle of the content they can ingest, classify and index within their own application.
      • It is a forceful process, ingesting the news and carrying it with me through the day.
      • We held off building a box capable of ingesting and delivering HDTV content for this round, and will check them out in the future.
      • But what happens is it makes it so that we're constantly ingesting more and more information so we have to work harder to keep on top of it.
      • I'd hoped to do better having spent a good portion of my life in America, ingesting top-shelf propaganda.
      • He could calmly ingest what was being said, absorb it, then reach over for the phone, call Jim, and find out what was happening, and what he should do.
      Synonyms
      absorb, assimilate, digest, ingest, take in, be absorbed in, be immersed in, be rapt in, be lost in, be fascinated by, pay close attention to

Derivatives

  • ingestive

  • adjective
    • Both of these nuclei may individually exert inhibitory influence on ingestive behaviour.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Decreased ingestive behavior, impaired cognitive functioning, increased sleep, and altered mood have been reported by individuals experiencing immune activation or cytokine treatment.
      • Effects on ingestive behavior depend on the dose of LPS used, and in general, last a relatively short time.
      • It doesn't interfere with any other ingestive behaviors such as food or water, which amperozide does a little in the animals.
      • It is possible that some of the peculiarities in the hamster's ingestive behaviors are related to the fact that it is a larder-type hoarder.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin ingest- 'brought in', from the verb ingerere, from in- 'into' + gerere 'carry'.

Rhymes

abreast, arrest, attest, beau geste, behest, bequest, best, blessed, blest, breast, Brest, Bucharest, Budapest, celeste, chest, contest, crest, digest, divest, guest, hest, infest, jest, lest, Midwest, molest, nest, northwest, pest, prestressed, protest, quest, rest, self-addressed, self-confessed, self-possessed, southwest, suggest, test, Trieste, unaddressed, unexpressed, unimpressed, unpressed, unstressed, vest, west, wrest, zest
 
 

Definition of ingest in US English:

ingest

verbinˈjestɪnˈdʒɛst
[with object]
  • 1Take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • When chocolate is ingested in significant quantities, cats may suffer life-threatening effects.
    • Every physical ailment is classified as warm or cold, and its cure depends on restoring the body's equilibrium by ingesting foods with the opposite properties.
    • There is no cure for a food allergy and, once your body reacts, the reaction will intensify each time you ingest the nasty substance.
    • When animals ingest chemicals such as PCBs, the toxins are not broken down in the body but are instead stored in fatty tissue.
    • And you might consider buying organic produce to avoid ingesting pesticides with your food.
    • It bothers me more that I may be ingesting chemicals that my body will absorb.
    • Fungi are not able to ingest their food like animals do, nor can they manufacture their own food the way plants do.
    • When ingesting low doses of ethanol, most humans exhibit responses such as disinhibition and euphoria.
    • As you ingest protein, your body will break it down into the different amino acids contained in that protein.
    • The tentacles are pushed into the mouth to ingest food.
    • All food and drink is ingested through a special ‘feeding tube’ through her larynx.
    • A heightened female sensitivity to ingested ethanol could possibly serve useful functions.
    • As soon as the offending protein is ingested, the body produces histamine in an attempt to expel or kill the ‘invader’.
    • In addition, we suggest that ingested ethanol may be an appetitive stimulant.
    • The argument of quality of food becomes important only when enough food is ingested.
    • Frugivorous vertebrates ingest fruits and the seeds within, later defecating the seeds.
    • This is David's way of being in the world: he doesn't ingest food or drink, and he doesn't sleep or get tired or bored.
    • In June, and again in the late summer, they congregate at mineral springs where they ingest salts.
    • The gut model only allows for a mass intake on a daily basis that does not exceed the mass of the animal ingesting the food.
    • The penguins ingest the oil as they preen their feathers, which changes the birds' immune systems, making them more vulnerable to disease.
    Synonyms
    eat, munch, munch on, consume, take, partake of, taste, swallow, devour, feast on, gulp, gulp down, gobble, gobble down, wolf, wolf down, scoff, scoff down, tuck in, tuck into, breakfast, breakfast on, lunch, lunch on, dine, dine on
    1. 1.1 Absorb (information)
      he spent his days ingesting the contents of the library
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We held off building a box capable of ingesting and delivering HDTV content for this round, and will check them out in the future.
      • Then you paused trying to ingest all this new information.
      • Content management solution providers are focused on managing the lifecycle of the content they can ingest, classify and index within their own application.
      • I'd hoped to do better having spent a good portion of my life in America, ingesting top-shelf propaganda.
      • It is a forceful process, ingesting the news and carrying it with me through the day.
      • But what happens is it makes it so that we're constantly ingesting more and more information so we have to work harder to keep on top of it.
      • I love reading on websites, where else can you ingest all the varied means of visually conveying information simultaneously?
      • He somehow ingested all the information that's available to him in his brain.
      • He could calmly ingest what was being said, absorb it, then reach over for the phone, call Jim, and find out what was happening, and what he should do.
      • The archive connects to the applications and ingests the stream of information that comes from that source.
      • It is simply a tool to communicate the level of support to users who are ingesting content.
      • The Web was a dismal place for ingesting information because it was visually bereft, difficult to move around in, and generally unpleasant.
      Synonyms
      absorb, assimilate, digest, ingest, take in, be absorbed in, be immersed in, be rapt in, be lost in, be fascinated by, pay close attention to

Origin

Early 17th century: from Latin ingest- ‘brought in’, from the verb ingerere, from in- ‘into’ + gerere ‘carry’.

 
 
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