| 单词 | take in |
| 释义 | take in transitive verb 1. a. < ship was taking water in > b. < air compressor … is used to take in atmospheric air, compress it, and force it into the cabin — H.G.Armstrong > < tankers … taking in cargoes of finished oil products — Martin Chisholm > 2. a. b. < going to have to take you in for attempted homicide — Ellery Queen > 3. < take in a slack line > a. < take a sail in > b. < dress needed to be taken in a bit > 4. a. < inn gladly takes in children > < widow had started taking a few lodgers in > b. < take in a stray dog > 5. < store takes a lot of money in each day > < compare notes on how much each has taken in on his pitch — W.L.Gresham > 6. a. chiefly Britain < takes in four daily papers — Christopher Isherwood > b. < take in washing > < sisters took a little plain sewing in > < take in typing jobs > 7. < soil was usually exhausted in two or three years, when fresh land was taken in — Mary Tew > 8. a. < that expansiveness of view which takes in all the discrepant factors — H.A.Overstreet > < ban will take in fifty-eight miles of curb space — New York Times > < in this day of the guided missile … the real world we live in takes in the whole earth — Herbert Bracker > b. (1) < can also take in some of the notable architectural monuments — Paul Henissart > < is taking in the sights of the World's Fair — Newsweek > (2) < take in a movie > < read more history or take in more plays — W.H.Whyte > 9. a. < paused a few seconds to take the situation in — Rex Ingamells > < was pleased at the … way his mind was taking in impressions and interpreting them — Irwin Shaw > < stood motionless as though trying to take in the meaning of her words — Agnes S. Turnbull > < cannot easily take in new ideas — Atlantic > b. < in the second before she spoke … she had taken in the expensive hat and coat — Ruth Park > : observe keenly < seemed to take him all in anew before answering — S.H.Adams > : perceive < took in the special possibilities open to a monarch for extortion — Francis Hackett > 10. < prides himself … that he will not be taken in by anybody — Louis Wirth > < taken in by a spurious document — G.C.Sellery > < couldn't lie convincingly enough to take a child in > < even the most experienced eye may be taken in on certain occasions — Henry Wynmalen > intransitive verb < school takes in at nine and lets out at three > • - take in with |
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