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imbibition

/im-buh-bish-uhn/US // ˌɪm bəˈbɪʃ ən //UK // (ˌɪmbɪˈbɪʃən) //

醉翁之意不在酒,醉酒,浸泡,沉醉

Related Words

concentration浓度,浓缩,集中,焦点surfeit糜烂,泛滥成灾,糜烂的,过剩intensity强度,烈度,力度,激烈程度satiety饱腹感,饱食,饱腹,饱足感permeation渗透,渗透性,渗透率,渗透力interpenetration互相渗透,相互渗透,穿插,渗透impregnation浸渍,浸染,浸泡,浸润

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : act of imbibing.
    • : Physical Chemistry. the absorption of solvent by a gel.
    • : Photography. absorption of dye by gelatin, as in the dye-transfer process.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as insaturation
Synonyms
concentration浓度,浓缩,集中,焦点impregnation浸渍,浸染,浸泡,浸润intensity强度,烈度,力度,激烈程度interpenetration互相渗透,相互渗透,穿插,渗透permeation渗透,渗透性,渗透率,渗透力satiety饱腹感,饱食,饱腹,饱足感surfeit糜烂,泛滥成灾,糜烂的,过剩

Examples

  • This is especially the case when the imbibition of the cell wall is one-sided, and causes a bending of the cell.

  • The moss-capsules also empty their spores as a result of imbibition-curving (in the teeth of the openings of the spore-cases).

  • The campaigner spoke of a very little affecting her as if she were alluding to the imbibition of gin, or some other stimulant.

  • A medical friend says, his experience of them is, that with few exceptions, they are all rotten with perpetual imbibition.

  • At the commencement the latter is much the greater force—hence the rapid imbibition.

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