drink in

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drink in [drink]
  • Plants drink in water through their roots -> las plantas absorben el agua a través de sus raíces
  • We drank in the fresh air -> respiramos el aire puro
embeber, chupar. Empaparse de (scenery).

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drink in
verb:transitive:plus_adverb
1 [+fresh air] respirar; [+story, sight, atmosphere] empaparse de; [+words] estar pendiente de
he stood, drinking in the view se quedó parado, empapándose de la vista; she sat there drinking in his words estaba ahí sentada, pendiente de sus palabras; the children were drinking it all in a los niños no les escapaba nada
John Coffin sat there drinking in the details of his appearance and behaviour It was a very still afternoon and I was just drinking in that moment of peace I went to the bar sometimes to drink in the atmosphere along with the beer Brenda watched with amusement as her daughter drank in the rabbi's words
2 [+plant, soil] absorber
it drinks in a lot of water through its roots

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