单词 | take in |
释义 | take in 1. To receive (an amount of money), as from a business venture: The box office took in $30,000 in an hour. 2. To grant admittance to; receive as a guest or an employee. To accept (work) to be done in one's house for pay: took in typing. 3. To reduce in size; make smaller or shorter: took in the waist on the pair of pants. To make (a garment) smaller by tailoring.Nautical To furl (a sail). 4. To include or encompass: The tour takes in every site worth seeing. 5. To attend or experience: took in a movie; took in the sites. To understand: couldn't take in the meaning of the word. 6. To deceive or swindle: was taken in by a confidence artist. 7. To convey (a prisoner) to a police station. Main Entry: take |
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