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词汇 imbibing
释义 imbibing
present participle ofimbibe
imbibe
verb
uk /ɪmˈbaɪb/ us /ɪmˈbaɪb/
[ I or T ]formal or humorous
to drink, especially alcohol: 喝,饮(尤指酒)
Have you been imbibing again?你又在喝酒了吗?
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

to drink
drinkWhat would you like to drink?
haveI don't let the children have sweet fizzy drinks.
sipShe sipped the tea carefully because it was hot.
swigHe was swigging milk from the bottle.
gulp (down)Stop gulping your water!
slurpThe children were eating pizza and slurping lemonade.
[ T ]
to receive and accept information, etc.接收信息,获取信息
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Drinking alcohol
abstinence
abstinence-only
after hoursidiom
bar-hop
barhopping
drinker
drinking
drinking game
drinking habit
drinking-up time
drown
imbibe
lash
on the boozeidiom
on the lashidiom
on the pissidiom
out of hoursidiom
outdrink
piss
ply

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Drinking
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Examples of imbibing


imbibing

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Respiration of imbibing seeds was measured with a specially built apparatus linked to an infrared gas analyser.
Thus, it is essential that an appropriate battery of antioxidants be mobilized as soon as the seeds begin imbibing water.
In some studies, fairly short distances were used between the liquid water supply and imbibing seeds.
In a separate experiment, a similar pattern of decreasing protein phosphorylation was also observed in embryos dissected from imbibing caryopses (data not shown).
However, the rate of water uptake and the reduction of protein phosphorylation occurred around 30 min later than for imbibing isolated embryos.
The improvement at its best consisted of imbibing the superior arts and manners of the country visited.
The question is, how quickly can air at 100% relative humidity supply water to an imbibing seed?
Tested under experimental conditions, this fly has proved infective 88 days after first imbibing the trypanosome.
The captured images of imbibing seeds allowed estimation of timing of 'visible germination' occurrence without any subjective evaluation.
Fay also associates the landowners with the brewing trade as the workers are described as imbibing wholesome ale rather than inebriating spirits, barley being a lucrative crop grown for brewing.
If there was a real, moral objection to imbibing whisky, it ought to be prohibited altogether.
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He painted a picture of us as a nation imbibing vast quantities of patent medicines.
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Unfortunately, once fluoride is added to the water supply no one can contract out of imbibing it.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
It is not a question of imbibing your ideas.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
At the ground, anyone who had been imbibing or who was carrying alcohol could be charged with the commission of an offence.
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Hansard archive

Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0
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