take up
拿起;占;對…產生興趣,占據;開始從事
take up 及物動詞
吸收
take up
v 1: pursue or resume; "take up a matter for consideration"
2: adopt; "take up new ideas" [syn: latch on, fasten on, hook
on, seize on]
3: turn one's interest to; "He took up herpetology at the age
of fifty"
4: take up time or space; "take up the slack"
5: begin work or acting in a certain capacity, office or job;
"Take up a position"; "start a new job" [syn: start]
6: take up and practice as one's own [syn: adopt, borrow, take
over]
7: occupy or take on; "He assumes the lotus position"; "She
took her seat on the stage"; "We took our seats in the
orchestra"; "She took up her position behind the tree";
"strike a pose" [syn: assume, take, strike]
8: take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by
absorption [syn: sorb]
9: take out or up with or as if with a scoop; "scoop the sugar
out of the container" [syn: scoop, scoop out, lift
out, scoop up]
10: accept; "The cloth takes up the liquid" [syn: take in]
11: take in, also metaphorically; "The sponge absorbs water
well"; "She drew strength from the minister's words"
[syn: absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck
up, draw, take in]
12: take up as if with a sponge [syn: take in, sop up, suck
in]
13: return to a previous location or condition; "The painting
resumed its old condition when we restored it" [syn: resume]