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单词 imbrue
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imbrue

/ɪmˈbruː /
verb (imbrues, imbruing, imbrued) [with object] archaic or literary
Stain (something, especially one’s hands or sword): they were unwilling to imbrue their hands in his blood...
  • One who has planned, for instance, and authorised a murder will often fancy himself innocent, compared with him whose hands were actually imbrued with blood.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French embruer 'bedaub, bedabble', ultimately of Germanic origin and related to broth.

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