ingest

/ɪnˈdʒest/ (bre, ipa) · /ɪnˈdʒest/ (ame, ipa) · /in-ˈjest/ (ame, mw)

ingest — verb

  • ingestpresent simple I / you / we / they
  • ingestshe / she / it
  • ingestedpast simple
  • ingesting-ing form

1. to bring a substance — for example food, a drink, or a chemical — into your body

1.動詞及物B2
釋義

to bring a substance — for example food, a drink, or a chemical — into your body through the mouth so that it can be processed internally

例句

The nurse told the patient not to ingest anything for twelve hours before the blood test.

collocation: ingest + anything for medical preparation

The toddler accidentally ingested seawater while playing at the beach.

ingest + [substance] accidentally (contrast with 'eat')

同義詞
  • eat

    the everyday word for taking in food; much more common in casual speech

  • drink

    the everyday word for taking in liquids; use instead of 'ingest' for ordinary beverage consumption

  • consume

    slightly more formal than 'eat' or 'drink', but still wider in use than 'ingest'; also covers using up resources

  • swallow

    focuses specifically on the physical action of passing something down the throat

反義詞
  • excrete

    the biological opposite — to pass waste out of the body

  • expel

    to force something out of the body, such as through coughing or vomiting

文法句型

ingest + noun phrase (the substance taken in)

用法筆記

This term is more formal and technical than everyday words like 'eat' or 'drink.' It appears frequently in medical, scientific, and nutritional writing. For casual conversation, 'eat' and 'drink' are more natural choices.

常見錯誤

❌I ingested breakfast quickly before rushing to work.
✅I ate breakfast quickly before rushing to work.
💡'Ingest' sounds overly technical for casual eating; use 'eat' or 'have' instead.
❌The baby ingested milk from a bottle.
✅The baby drank milk from a bottle.
💡For ordinary drinking by humans or animals, 'drink' is the natural choice; 'ingest' is reserved for formal or scientific contexts.