imbue

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vt. 使感染, 灌输, 使浸透

发音

UK /ɪmˈbjuː/
其它
US /ᵻmˈbju/

词形变化

imbued imbues 三单 imbues imbuest imbueth imbuing imbuing 现在分词 imbued 过去式 imbued 过去分词

别名

embue

教材释义与例句

动词

灌输；使感染；使渗透

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality.

    及物

    The shirt was imbued with his scent.

  3. 3.

    In general, to act in a way which results in an object becoming completely permeated or impregnated by some quality.

    The entire text is imbued with the sense of melancholy and hopelessness.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 7

riddle soak penetrate diffuse permeate pervade interpenetrate

上位词 10

color colour penetrate impregnate saturate color in colorise colorize colour in colourise

下位词 4

steep brew infuse spiritize

词源

From Latin imbuō (“wet, moisten”). Compare imbibe.

来源：wiktionary