单词 | uptake |
释义 | uptake /up"tayk'/, n. 1. apprehension; understanding or comprehension; mental grasp: quick on the uptake. 2. an act or instance of taking up; a lifting: the uptake of fertilizer by machines. 3. Also called take-up. Mach. a pipe or passage leading upward from below, as for conducting smoke or a current of air. 4. Physiol. absorption. [1810-20; UP- + TAKE; cf. take-up] |
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