infuse

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in·fuse /ɪnˈfjuːz/ verb  1  [transitive] formalGIVE to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality 使充满〔某种感觉〕；向…灌输〔某一品质〕be infused with something Her books are infused with humour and wisdom. 她的书充满了幽默和智慧。infuse something into something These new designers are infusing fresh interest into the New York fashion scene. 这些新设计师把有创意的元素带入了纽约时装界。2. [intransitive, transitive]DFD if you infuse tea or herbs, or if they infuse, you leave them in very hot water while their taste passes into the water 〔用热水〕泡(茶或香草)→ See Verb table

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infuse• Knowles' Christian beliefs continue to infuse both his personal life and his politics.be infused with something• People who were infused with a fervour which drove them on.• It is infused with a feverish young man's notions of honour.• The novel is infused with humor, irony, and grief.• Being raised in Athens, the City of the Gods, I was infused with that sense of community.• She had a gift for explaining how the mundane transactions of everyday living were infused with the sacred.Origin infuse (1400-1500) French infuser, from Latin infundere, from fundere “to pour”

in·fuse verbChineseSyllable  

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infuse
in‧fuse /ɪnˈfjuːz/ verb1. [transitive] formal to fill something or someone with a particular feeling or quality
    be infused with something
    Her books are infused with humour and wisdom.
    infuse something into something
    These new designers are infusing fresh interest into the New York fashion scene.
2. [intransitive and transitive] if you infuse tea or herbs, or if they infuse, you leave them in very hot water while their taste passes into the water

in·fuseBrE /ɪnˈfjuːz/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈfjuːz/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they infuse BrE /ɪnˈfjuːz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈfjuːz/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it infuses BrE /ɪnˈfjuːzɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈfjuːzɪz/ 🔊past simple infused BrE /ɪnˈfjuːzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈfjuːzd/ 🔊past participle infused BrE /ɪnˈfjuːzd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈfjuːzd/ 🔊 -ing form infusing BrE /ɪnˈfjuːzɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈfjuːzɪŋ/ 🔊 [transitive] ~ A into B | ~ B with A (formal) to make sb/sth have a particular quality 使具有，注入（某特性）◆Her novels are infused with sadness. 她的小说充满哀伤。🔊🔊 [transitive] ~ sth (formal) to have an effect on all parts of sth 全面影响◆Politics infuses all aspects of our lives. 政治影响着我们生活的各个方面。🔊🔊 [transitive, intransitive] ~ (sth) if you infuse herbs, etc. or they infuse, you put them in hot water until the flavour has passed into the water 泡制（草药等）；泡；沏 [transitive] ~ sth (into sth) (medical 医学) to slowly put a drug or other substance into a person's vein 输注（药物等）