inject
/ɪnˈdʒekt/verb
with obj.
1
- drive or force (a liquid, especially a drug or vaccine) into a person or animal's body with a syringe or similar device注射(药物、疫苗等):
the doctor injected a painkilling drug.
医生注射了止痛药。
1.1
- administer a drug or medicine to (a person or animal) in this way给…注射药物:
he injected himself with a drug overdose.
他给自己注射了过量毒品。
1.2
- no obj. inject oneself with a narcotic drug, especially habitually(尤指习惯性)给自己注射致幻毒品:
people who want to stop injecting.
想停止自我注射毒品的人。
1.3
- introduce (something) into a passage, cavity, or solid material under pressure(往管道、空腔、固体材料中)注入:
inject the foam and allow it to expand.
注入泡沫材料使之膨胀。
1.4
- Physics introduce or feed (a current, beam of particles, etc.) into a substance or device【物理】(往物质、装置中)注入或射入(电流、粒子束等)。
1.5
- place (a spacecraft or other object) into an orbit or trajectory将(宇宙飞船等)射入轨道(或弹道):
many meteoroids are injected into hyperbolic orbits.
许多流星体被射入双曲线轨道。
2
- introduce (a new or different element) into something, especially as a boost or interruption(尤指为加强或干扰)插入(新或不同成分):
she tried to inject scorn into her tone.
她试图在语气里加点儿轻蔑。
2.1
inject something with
imbue something with (a new element)使充满(新成分):he injected his voice with a confidence he didn't feel.
他使自己的声音充满着其实自己并未感到的自信。
派生词
injectable
adjective & noun词源
late 16th cent. (in the sense 'throw or cast on something'): from Latin inject- 'thrown in', from the verb inicere, from in- 'into' + jacere 'throw'.