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ingest

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Biology, Food
in·gest /ɪnˈdʒest/ verb [transitive] technical  HBDFto take food or other substances into your body 摄入〔食物等〕 digestingestion /ɪnˈdʒestʃən/ noun [uncountable]
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Examples from the Corpus
ingestRather surprisingly, the time spent boring and ingesting a meal does not vary very much for whelks of different sizes.It s basically sterilized sand, Thompson says, although ingesting any non-food substance is never recommended.Infective larvae which have developed from eggs deposited by ewes in the spring are ingested by ewes and lambs in early summer.There was an initial suspicion that this poison had been ingested by our two patients.And within the droppings are the spores of the fungus, ingested during truffle-eating time.It is known to develop in individuals with peptic disease who ingest large amounts of calcium-carbonate-based antacids.It ingests the compound from the vent water, snaps its chemical bonds and survives on the energy released.In this way only those predators that attack live animals are affected when they ingest the substance contained in the neck device.
Origin ingest (1600-1700) Latin past participle of ingerere, from gerere to carry
in·gest verbChineseSyllable
Corpus to your or other body food substances take into


ingest
ingest /ɪnˈdʒest/ verb [transitive] technical
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: Latin
 Origin: past participle of ingerere, from gerere 'to carry'
to take food or other substances into your body ⇨ digest
—ingestion /ɪnˈdʒestʃən/ noun [uncountable]


in·gestBrE /ɪnˈdʒest/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈdʒest/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they ingest BrE /ɪnˈdʒest/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈdʒest/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it ingests BrE /ɪnˈdʒests/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈdʒests/ 🔊past simple ingested BrE /ɪnˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊past participle ingested BrE /ɪnˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈdʒestɪd/ 🔊 -ing form ingesting BrE /ɪnˈdʒestɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪnˈdʒestɪŋ/ 🔊~ sth (specialist) to take food, drugs, etc. into your body, usually by swallowing 摄入;食入;咽下 in·gest·ion BrE /ɪnˈdʒestʃən/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈdʒestʃən/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]