| 单词 | take up |
| 释义 | Word Frequency take upverb (adverb, mainly tr) 1. to adopt the study, practice, or activity of to take up gardening 2. Australian and New Zealand to occupy and break in (uncultivated land) he took up some hundreds of acres in the back country 3. to shorten (a garment or part of a garment) she took all her skirts up three inches 4. to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc) 5. to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc) 6. to pursue further or resume (something) he took up French where he left off 7. to absorb (a liquid) 8. to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to 9. to occupy or fill (space or time) 10. to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize 11. take up on 12. take up with noun take-up 13. a. the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available b. (as modifier) the take-up rate 14. machinery the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system 15. (modifier) denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up a take-up spool on a tape recorder Word Frequency take-up(ˈteɪkˌʌp) noun 1. the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available a major campaign to increase the take-up of welfare benefits 2. the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system a measure of the take-up of cable modifier 3. of or relating to the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, thatis due or available the take-up rate 4. denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up a take-up spool on a tape recorder |
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