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逐渐灌输;使渗透;使滴下

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Instill \In*still"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instilled}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Instilling}.] [L. instillare, instillatum; pref. in-
   in + stillare to drop, fr. stilla a drop: cf. F. instiller.
   See {Distill}.] [Written also {instil}.]
   To drop in; to pour in drop by drop; hence, to impart
   gradually; to infuse slowly; to cause to be imbibed.

         That starlight dews All silently their tears of love
         instill.                                 --Byron.

         How hast thou instilled Thy malice into thousands.
                                                  --Milton.

   Syn: To infuse; impart; inspire; implant; inculcate;
        insinuate.

资料来源 : WordNet®

instil
     v : enter drop by drop; "instill medication into my eye" [syn: {instill}]