| 单词 | intake |
| 释义 | intake (once / 4116 pages) n The act of consuming food can be called intake. A veterinarian might advise you to limit your dog's intake of pizza crusts, for example. While the process of eating can be called your intake, unless you're a militant dieter who weighs every ounce of food you consume, you're most likely to hear the word intake in a hospital or doctor's office. Caregivers might be concerned about a patient's intake of calories if he's very sick, or a dietitian might recommend an elderly woman increase her intake of calcium. WORD FAMILYintake: intakes USAGE EXAMPLESIt seems as though it should be simple: Just exercise to burn more calories and reduce your calorie intake. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) I remember the parent’s intake of breath and a surprised, “Oh.” The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) STEINES: Bob said, seriously, limit your fluid intake, because you are up there trying to be focused. Los Angeles Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1n an opening through which fluid is admitted to a tube or container Syn|Hypo|Hyper inlet air horn air intake of a carburetor siamese, siamese connectionan inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building opening a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made 2n the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) Syn|Hypo|Hyper consumption, ingestion, 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 3n the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing Syn|Hypo|Hyper aspiration, breathing in, inhalation, inspiration gasp, pant a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open drag, puff, pulla slow inhalation (as of tobacco smoke) tokea puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette breath the process of taking in and expelling air during breathing |
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