uptake

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Understanding; comprehension. countable,uncountable
  2. Absorption, especially of food or nutrient by an organism. countable,uncountable
  3. The act of lifting or taking up. countable,uncountable
  4. A chimney. countable,dated,uncountable
    — The design provides for continuous smoke troughs of reinforced concrete, vented by circular uptakes, and the turntable area will be covered, using precast reinforced concrete bars down both sides of each track.
  5. The upcast pipe from the smokebox of a steam boiler towards the chimney. countable,dated,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To take up, to lift. archaic
    — He hearkned to his reason, and the childe Vptaking, to the Palmer gaue to beare [...].
  2. To absorb, as food or a drug by an organism.
  3. To accept and begin to use, as a new practice.

词形变化

uptakes plural uptakes present,singular,third-person uptaking participle,present uptook past uptaken participle,past

词汇关系

衍生词
on the uptake quick on the uptake slow on the uptake reuptake

词源

词源 1
From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).
词源 2
From Middle English uptaken (“to take up, lift”), partial calque of earlier Middle English upnimen (“to take up, lift”), equivalent to up- + take. Compare Swedish upptaga, uppta (“to take up”).
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