take in

动词 v.
/teɪk‿ˈɪn/    /teɪk‿ˈɪn/|/tæɪk‿ˈɪn/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To receive. transitive
    — The company took in more than forty million euros last year.
  2. To receive and properly absorb or comprehend. transitive
    — The news is a lot to take in right now.
  3. To enjoy or appreciate. transitive
    — I'm just going to sit on a bench and take in the scenery.
  4. To allow a person or an animal to live in one's home. transitive
    — take in a stray cat
  5. To receive (goods) into one's home for the purpose of processing for a fee. transitive
    — In hard times, some women would take in washing and others dressmaking repairs.
  6. To shorten (a garment) or make it smaller. transitive
    — Try taking the skirt in a little around the waist.
  7. To attend a showing of. transitive
    — take in a show
  8. To deceive; to hoodwink. transitive
    — Their grandma lost thousands of dollars because she was taken in by scammers.
  9. To tighten (a belaying rope). transitive
  10. To subscribe to home delivery of. obsolete
    — [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.
  11. 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.
  12. To arrest (a person). transitive
    — The police took in the suspect.

词形变化

takes in present,singular,third-person taking in participle,present took in past taken in participle,past
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