metabolize [
mi'tæbәlaiz]
vt. 使物质交替, 使新陈代谢, 使变形
[医] 引起代谢
metabolize[ verb ]produce by metabolism<verb.consumption> metabolise
Metabolize \Me*tab"o*lize\, v. t. & i. (Physiol.)
To change by a metabolic process. See {Metabolism}.
- Under the stress of infection or diarrhea, the child's body doesn't metabolize protein normally.
- In Britain and Australia, some weeds have developed the ability to metabolize most chemical poisons, leaving farmers in the lurch.