imbrue
英 [ɪm'bruː]
美
- vt. 弄脏；弄湿
英英释义
- 1. permeate or impregnate;
- "The war drenched the country in blood"
词态变化
第三人称单数: imbrues;过去式: imbrued;过去分词: imbrued;现在分词: imbruing;
英文词源
- imbrue (v.)
- early 15c., "to soak, steep;" mid-15c., "to stain, soil," from Old French embreuvere "to moisten," a metathesis of embeuvrer, from em- (see im-) + -bevrer, ultimately from Latin bibere "to drink" (see imbibe). Or perhaps from Old French embroue "soiled," ultimately from boue "mud, dirt."