assimilate

动词 assimilate:

1. take up mentally
   同义词：absorb, ingest, take in
2. become similar to one's environment
3. make similar
4. take (gas, light or heat) into a solution
   同义词：imbibe
5. become similar in sound

1. Some foods are assimilated more easily than others.
   有些食物比另一些食物容易吸收。
2. The USA has assimilated people from many different countries.
   美国已经同化了许多来自不同国家的人。

as.sim.i.late

v.（动词）
as.sim.i.lat.ed,as.sim.i.lat.ing,as.sim.i.lates
v.tr.（及物动词）
Physiology
【生理学】
To consume and incorporate nutrients into the body after digestion.
吸收：消化后把营养消耗并吸收在体内
To transform (food) into living tissue by the process of anabolism; metabolize constructively.
消化：通过合成代谢过程将食物转化到活组织里去；结构性新陈代谢
To incorporate and absorb into the mind:
结合和吸收到大脑：
例句：
assimilate knowledge.
吸收知识

To make similar; cause to resemble.
使相同；使相象
Linguistics To alter (a sound) by assimilation.
【语言学】 同化（一声音）
To absorb (immigrants or a culturally distinct group) into the prevailing culture.
把（移民或文化出色的群体）同化到盛行的文化中
v.intr.（不及物动词）
To become assimilated.
已被吸收

来源：
Middle English assimilaten
中古英语 assimilaten
from Latin assimil3re assimil3t- [to make similar to]
源自 拉丁语 assimil3re assimil3t- [使与…相似]
ad- [ad-]
ad- [前缀，表.朝，向.]
similis [like] * see sem-
similis [像] *参见 sem-

【引伸】
assim.ila.tor
n.（名词）