ingest

英 [ɪn'dʒest] 美 [ɪn'dʒest]

• v. 咽下；摄取

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 摄食，吸纳，吞食
2. 摄入，摄取
3. 接待
4. <正式>吃

英英释义

Verb:

1. serve oneself to, or consume regularly;

   "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"
   "I don't take sugar in my coffee"
   

2. take up mentally;

   "he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. You will ingest only the lightest of substances.
   你只将摄取最轻的物质。
2. The product itself is safe to ingest.
   而产品本身是可以安全摄取的。

经典引文

• The child refuses to ingest any foodstakes it and holds it in his mouth for hours, but refuses to swallow.

  出自： P. Roth

• In some insects..digestion may begin before the food is ingested.

  出自： R. F. Chapman

• The machine ingested our money but gave back no apple juice.

  出自： fig.

近反义词

【近义词】

• swallow 燕子
• digest 摘要
• mouth 嘴
• take in 接受
• absorb 吸收
• consume 消耗
• eat 吃
• drink 喝
• devour 吞食
• swig 大喝
• sip 啜饮
• gulp 吞咽
• have 已经
• take 拿
• assimilate 使同化