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单词 take to
释义 take to
phrasal
Etymology: ME taken to
1. : to take in hand : take charge of : care for
 < charladies who take to their gentlemen — F.A.Swinnerton >
 < long to make pets of them all, but … their mothers take to them — Rachel Henning >
2. : to betake oneself to : have recourse to (as a place or a means of progression)
 < take to the lifeboats >
 < bird took to flight >
 < take to the woods >
 < took to the parlor sofa and let everyone wait on her — Rosemary Benét >
3. : to begin to apply or devote oneself to (as a practice, habit, occupation)
 < take to begging >
 < take to drink >
 < women who seem to take to the dressmaking and millinery trades by instinct — Mary Austin >
 < develop howls or take to biting visitors — Robert Littell >
4. : to adapt oneself to : respond to
 < took so well to animal bait — Richard Semon >
 < never been milked by a woman … don't know how they'll take to it — Ellen Glasgow >
 < young stock took most readily to the concentrates — Sydney (Australia) Bulletin >
 < home rulers would not take kindly to any suggestion of a centralized state — V.L.Parrington >
5. : to conceive a liking for
 < took to the stranger at first sight >
 < nice to anybody she happens to take to — Kenneth Roberts >
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