| 单词 | infusion |
| 释义 | infusion (once / 2277 pages) 1n 2n The most common example of an infusion you are likely to encounter in your daily life is your morning cup of coffee. An infusion is the creation of a new substance by steeping another substance in a liquid, usually water. Infusion is often misused with transfusion, which has a slightly different meaning. A transfusion, as in a blood transfusion, is the simple addition of one substance to another, without the creation of something new. But a drip feed of medicine, for example, is technically an infusion as it alters the state of the blood. See, you’re halfway to becoming a doctor (or at least a linguist) simply by reading this site. WORD FAMILYinfusion: infusions+/infuse: infused, infuses, infusing, infusion USAGE EXAMPLESHe travels from Beaufort to the Charleston VA Medical Center once every three weeks for an immunotherapy infusion. Washington Times(Jan 03, 2017) “In 1980, after a decade of stagnation, we needed an infusion of individualism,” he wrote. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Thursday’s announcement of a “letter of credit” stops short of providing an actual cash infusion, Hebert said. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the act of infusing or introducing a certain modifying element or quality the team's continued success is attributable to a steady infusion of new talent Hyper change of state the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics 2n (medicine) the passive introduction of a substance (a fluid or drug or electrolyte) into a vein or between tissues (as by gravitational force) 2Hyper instillation, instillment, instilment the introduction of a liquid (by pouring or injection) drop by drop 1n the process of extracting certain active properties (as a drug from a plant) by steeping or soaking (usually in water) Hyper extraction the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means 2n a solution obtained by steeping or soaking a substance (usually in water) Syn|Hypo|Hyper extract Bovril, beef tea an extract of beef (given to people who are ill) black catechu, catechuextract of the heartwood of Acacia catechu used for dyeing and tanning and preserving fishnets and sails; formerly used medicinally pancreatinextract from the pancreas of animals that contains pancreatic enzymes; used to treat pancreatitis and other conditions involving insufficient pancreatic secretions solution a homogeneous mixture of two or more substances; frequently (but not necessarily) a liquid solution |
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