ingest
/ɪnˈdʒest/verb
with obj.
1- take (food, drink, or another substance) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it咽下; 吸收; 摄取(食物、饮料等)。
1.1
- figurative absorb (information)〈喻〉吸取(信息):
he spent his days ingesting the contents of the library.
他把时间花在吸取图书馆里的知识上。
派生词
ingestion
nouningestive
adjective词源
early 17th cent.: from Latin ingest- 'brought in', from the verb ingerere, from in- 'into' + gerere 'carry'.