| 单词 | imbibe |
| 释义 | imbibe (once / 1915 pages) v Imbibe is a fancy word for "drink." If you need to imbibe ten cups of coffee just to get out of the house, you might have a caffeine problem. Although the verb imbibe means to take in liquids of any sort, if you don't specify the liquid, people are likely to infer you mean an alcoholic beverage. You can also use it figuratively. If you have imbibed every detail about every battle of the U.S. Civil War, you must find the subject interesting. WORD FAMILYimbibe: imbibed, imbiber, imbibes, imbibing, imbibition+/imbiber: imbibers/imbibing: imbibings/imbibition: imbibitions USAGE EXAMPLESMr. Cradduck pointed to the long tradition of beer brewing and imbibing among holy Christian orders and said he didn’t select the beverages himself. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) And though I didn’t imbibe when I saw this show in London, I left it in a state of happy intoxication. New York Times(Dec 01, 2016) Smoking on the ice is no longer permitted, and many provinces prohibit imbibing during play. New York Times(Nov 13, 2016) 1v take in liquids Syn|Hypo|Hyper drink swill, swill down drink large quantities of (liquid, especially alcoholic drink) suckdraw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth guggle, gurgledrink from a flask with a gurgling sound sipdrink in sips guzzledrink greedily or as if with great thirst lap, lap up, licktake up with the tongue drain the cup, drink updrink to the last drop gulp, quaff, swigto swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught belt down, bolt down, down, drink down, kill, pop, pour down, toss offdrink down entirely consume, have, ingest, take, take in serve oneself to, or consume regularly 2v take (gas, light or heat) into a solution Syn|Hyper assimilate absorb become imbued 3v take in, also metaphorically Syn|Hypo absorb, draw, soak up, sop up, suck, suck up, take in, take up mop, mop up, wipe up to wash or wipe with or as if with a mop blotdry (ink) with blotting paper sponge upabsorb as if with a sponge swab, swobwash with a swab or a mop spongesoak up with a sponge 4v receive into the mind and retain Imbibe ethical principles Hyper absorb, assimilate, ingest, take in take up mentally |
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