take in
动词 v.
英 /teɪk‿ˈɪn/
美 /teɪk‿ˈɪn/|/tæɪk‿ˈɪn/
英文释义
动词 v.
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To receive.
— The company took in more than forty million euros last year.
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To receive and properly absorb or comprehend.
— The news is a lot to take in right now.
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To enjoy or appreciate.
— I'm just going to sit on a bench and take in the scenery.
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To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home.
— take in a stray cat
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To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee.
— In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.
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To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller.
— Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
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To attend a showing of.
— take in a show
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To deceive; to hoodwink.
— Their grandma lost thousands of dollars because she was taken in by scammers.
- To tighten (a belaying rope).
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To subscribe to home delivery of.
— [James Whiteside:] May I ask what newspaper you take in? [John Jolly:] I take in no newspaper. [James Whiteside:] Well, then, what newspapers do you read? [John Jolly:] I am glad to see any of them.
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To reef.
— The second mate holds on to the main top-gallant sail until a heavy sea is shipped, and washes over the forecastle as though the whole ocean had come aboard; when a noise further aft shows that that sail, too, is taking in.
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To arrest (a person).
— The police took in the suspect.
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