imbrue

vt. 涂, 弄脏, 染

发音

其它 /ɪmˈbɹuː/

词形变化

imbrued imbrues 三单 imbrues imbruing imbruing 现在分词 imbrued 过去式 imbrued 过去分词

别名

embrew imbrew embrue

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To stain [with in or with ‘blood, slaughter, etc.’].

    及物

    My hands were imbrued in his blood.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

drench

上位词 2

impregnate saturate

词源

From Middle English embrewen, from Old French *embrever (whence Middle French embreuver), metathetic variant of embevrer (“to imbibe, steep, penetrate, soak”) (with same stem variation found in French abreuver and beuverie), from Vulgar Latin imbiberāre.

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