imbue

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈbjuː/    美 /ɪmˈbju/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To instill or inspire (someone) with a certain quality, feeling, or idea. transitive
    — The patriarchal lives of my protectors caused these impressions to take a firm hold on my mind; perhaps, if my first introduction to humanity had been made by a young soldier, burning for glory and slaughter, I should have been imbued with different sensations.
  2. To wet or stain an object completely with some physical quality. transitive
    — The shirt was imbued with his scent.
  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.

词形变化

imbues present,singular,third-person imbuing participle,present imbued participle,past imbued past

词汇关系

近义词
endue infuse pervade steep suffuse
衍生词
imbuement imbuer reimbue unimbued

词源

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