insufflate

vt. 喷酒, 吹入, 对...吹气 [医] 吹入

发音

/ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/

词形变化

insufflated insufflates 三单 insufflates insufflating insufflating 现在分词 insufflated 过去式 insufflated 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To breathe or blow into or on.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

    及物 医学
  3. 3.

    To inhale (a powder etc.).

    及物 医学

    2001: Cocaine is usually taken by insufflating the white powdered cocaine sulphate into the nose, which leads to rapid absorption of the drug into the bloodstream. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 98)

  4. 4.

    To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

    及物 宗教

词汇关系

动词

上位词 4

blow treat administer care for

词源

First attested in 1670; borrowed from Latin īnsufflātus, perfect passive participle of īnsufflō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from in- + sufflō (“to blow on”). Cognate with French insuffler.

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