suffuse

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suf·fuse /səˈfjuːz/ verb [transitiveT] literary

1 SPREADif warmth, colour, liquid etc suffuses something or someone, it covers or spreads through them 〔温暖、颜色、液体等〕充满，布满，弥漫于

The light of the setting sun suffused the clouds.

落日的霞光映红了云层。

Hot colour suffused her cheeks.

她的脸涨得又红又烫。

2 be suffused with something literary if someone is suffused with a feeling, they are full of that feeling 充满某种情感

She was suffused with happiness.

她心中充满喜悦。

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be suffused with something• She looked at the man sitting opposite her, and was suffused with a sense of loss.• The work atmosphere is suffused with a simmering sense of disappointment.• Everything he tells me of former times is suffused with loss.• His face was suffused with pink and there were tears in his eyes.• But immediately my heart was suffused with shame.• The place was suffused with struggle and resentment and frustration.• N.-run trials are suffused with tensions that spring from allegations that include nepotism, cronyism and mismanagement of resources.• Even dozing, they were suffused with their surroundings.

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suffuse• The Road to Wigan Pier's wanton polemics against effete intellectuals and strident feminists are suffused by homophobia.• But as always with Jonathan Coe the sheer intelligent good nature that suffuses his work makes it a pleasure to read.• The broad landscape was suffused in golden light.• Each flavor remained distinct in this dish, yet was perfectly complemented by the gentle orange essence that suffused it.• Confusion and resentment suffused the depopulated corporate corridors.• Catholic values suffuse the state's approach to all issues.• The work atmosphere is suffused with a simmering sense of disappointment.• The streak of sky, suffused with moisture and cold, crouched over the rooftops.• The place was suffused with struggle and resentment and frustration.• Even dozing, they were suffused with their surroundings.

Origin suffuse

(1500-1600) Latin past participle of suffundere “to pour beneath, suffuse”, from sub- ( → SUB-) + fundere “to pour”

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TOEFL BNC: 19330 COCA: 17080

suffuse