infuse

verb

/ɪnˈfjuːz/

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they infuse	/ɪnˈfjuːz/ /ɪnˈfjuːz/
he / she / it infuses	/ɪnˈfjuːzɪz/ /ɪnˈfjuːzɪz/
past simple infused	/ɪnˈfjuːzd/ /ɪnˈfjuːzd/
past participle infused	/ɪnˈfjuːzd/ /ɪnˈfjuːzd/
-ing form infusing	/ɪnˈfjuːzɪŋ/ /ɪnˈfjuːzɪŋ/

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[transitive] infuse A into B | infuse B with A (formal) to make somebody/something have a particular quality使具有，注入（某特性）
- Her novels are infused with sadness.她的小说充满哀伤。
[transitive] infuse something (formal) to have an effect on all parts of something全面影响
- Politics infuses all aspects of our lives.政治影响着我们生活的各个方面。
[transitive, intransitive] infuse (something) if you infuse herbs, etc. or they infuse, you put them in hot water until the taste has passed into the water泡制（草药等）；泡；沏
[transitive] infuse something (into something) (medical医学) to slowly put a drug or other substance into a person’s vein输注（药物等）Topics Social issuesc2

Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infus- ‘poured in’, from the verb infundere, from in- ‘into’ + fundere ‘pour’.