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单词 absorbability
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
ab•sorb /æbˈsɔrb, -ˈzɔrb/USA pronunciation   v. [+ object]
  1. to suck up or drink in (a liquid);
    soak up: A sponge absorbs water.
  2. to take (a company, organization, etc.) in and make it part of a larger group;
    assimilate;
    incorporate:The empire absorbed many nations.
  3. to get the full attention of: This book will absorb the serious reader.
  4. to take in without echo or bouncing:walls that absorb sound.
  5. to take in and utilize: to absorb information.
  6. to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.):The big company absorbed the losses of the small company it took over.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ab•sorb  (ab sôrb, -zôrb),USA pronunciation v.t. 
  1. to suck up or drink in (a liquid);
    soak up:A sponge absorbs water.
  2. to swallow up the identity or individuality of;
    incorporate:The empire absorbed many small nations.
  3. to involve the full attention of;
    to engross or engage wholly:so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell.
  4. to occupy or fill:This job absorbs all of my time.
  5. Chemistryto take up or receive by chemical or molecular action:Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide.
  6. to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection:to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock.
  7. to take in and utilize:The market absorbed all the computers we could build.Can your brain absorb all this information?
  8. to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.):The company will absorb all the research costs.
  9. [Archaic.]to swallow up.
  • Latin absorbēre, equivalent. to ab-ab- + sorbēre to suck in, swallow
  • 1480–90
ab•sorba•ble, adj. 
ab•sorb′a•bili•ty n. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged assimilate, consume, devour, engulf; destroy.

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