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An infusion is a drink you make by putting something like tea leaves, herbs, or fruit in hot water and letting it sit, so the water takes in the taste. Doctors also use the word for a way of giving medicine: a needle puts liquid medicine slowly into a person's blood, drop by drop, over a long time — this is common in hospitals. People also use 'infusion' when a company or project suddenly gets a big new amount of money, like 'an infusion of cash' — money that comes in and gives new life to something.
醫療上常說「輸液」或「點滴」；資金方面常說「挹注」。
組成in- (into) + fuse (to pour) + -ion (turns it into a noun). It comes from the Latin word for 'pour into.'
同家族的字
- diffusionshares the same 'fus' (pour) part, from Latin fundere, 'to pour'
- transfusionalso built on 'fus' (pour) — a blood transfusion pours blood into someone
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
infusionnoun/ɪnˈfjuːʒən/
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A product consisting of a liquid which has had other ingredients steeped in it to extract useful qualities.
- An extract of rooibos and chamomile makes a refreshing infusion.
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The act of steeping or soaking a substance in liquid so as to extract medicinal or herbal qualities.
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The act of installing a quality into a person.
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A giving of money or other resources, typically a large amount, to an organization.
- He made a number of other changes at the Transit Police, including revamping audio equipment, moving the force to nine-millimeter semiautomatic weapons, and designing new uniforms. These changes were all part of a $40 million infusion into the Transit Police in 1990 from Governor Mario Cuomo.
- [...] but in the verity of extolment / I take him to be a soul of great article and his infusion / of such dearth and rareness as, to make true diction of / him, his semblable in his mirror, and who else would / trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.
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obsoleteThe act of dipping into a fluid.
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medicinesciencesThe administration of liquid substances directly into a vein for medical purposes; perfusion.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。