| 单词 | ingestion |
| 释义 | ingestion (once / 37762 pages) n WORD FAMILY ingestion: ingestions+/ingest: ingested, ingesting, ingestion, ingests USAGE EXAMPLESConsidered a drug in earlier times, it escaped sanction from religious authorities simply because its ingestion didn’t show a visible change in a person’s behavior. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The ingestion of low-quality surrogate alcohol not meant for human consumption causes even worse health risks. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) In 1937, an internal memo said testing on animals showed “systemic toxic effects” from prolonged exposure by inhaling PCB fumes or ingestion. Washington Times(Dec 09, 2016) n the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) Syn|Hypo|Hyper consumption, intake, uptake eating, feeding the act of consuming food deglutition, drink, swallowthe act of swallowing suck, sucking, suctionthe act of sucking drinking, imbibing, imbibitionthe act of consuming liquids mycophagythe practice of eating fungi (especially mushrooms collected in the wild) bite, chompthe act of gripping or chewing off with the teeth and jaws browse, browsingthe act of feeding by continual nibbling coprophagia, coprophagyeating feces; in human a symptom of some kinds of insanity aerophagiaswallowing air (usually followed by belching and discomfort and flatulence) draft, draught, gulp, swiga large and hurried swallow diningthe act of eating dinner engorgementeating ravenously or voraciously to satiation banqueting, feastingeating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment) graze, grazingthe act of grazing lunchingthe act of eating lunch repletion, surfeiteating until excessively full suppingingestion of liquid food with a spoon or by drinking degustation, relishing, savoring, savouring, tastingtaking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality necrophagia, necrophagyfeeding on corpses or carrion omophagiathe eating of raw food scatophagythe eating of excrement or other filth gulping, guzzling, swillingthe drinking of large mouthfuls rapidly sipa small drink potationthe act of drinking (especially an alcoholic drink) activity, bodily function, bodily process, body process an organic process that takes place in the body |
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