Absorb
[əb'zɔːb;-'sɔːb] or [əb'zɔb]
解釋/意思:
(verb.) cause to become one with; 'The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax'.
(verb.) consume all of one's attention or time; 'Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely'.
(verb.) take up mentally; 'he absorbed the knowledge or beliefs of his tribe'.
(verb.) take in, also metaphorically; 'The sponge absorbs water well'; 'She drew strength from the minister's words'.
(verb.) become imbued; 'The liquids, light, and gases absorb'.
(verb.) take up, as of debts or payments; 'absorb the costs for something'.
(verb.) suck or take up or in; 'A black star absorbs all matter'.
(verb.) assimilate or take in; 'The immigrants were quickly absorbed into society'.
克劳迪娅手打--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To swallow up; to engulf; to overwhelm; to cause to disappear as if by swallowing up; to use up; to include.
(v. t.) To suck up; to drink in; to imbibe; as a sponge or as the lacteals of the body.
(v. t.) To engross or engage wholly; to occupy fully; as, absorbed in study or the pursuit of wealth.
(v. t.) To take up by cohesive, chemical, or any molecular action, as when charcoal absorbs gases. So heat, light, and electricity are absorbed or taken up in the substances into which they pass.
編輯:雷金纳德
同義詞及近義詞：
v. a. [1]. Imbibe, take in, take up, suck in, suck up, drink in.[2]. Consume, exhaust, destroy, engorge, devour, engulf, swallow up.[3]. Engross, engage, immerse, occupy, arrest, fix, rivet.
整理:普雷斯利
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Swallow, drown, consume, imbibe, engross, drink_in, suck_up, engulf,monopolize, exhaust
ANT:Eject, emit, exude, disgorge, dissipate, distract, distil, disperse
吉尔伯特校對
解釋/意思:
v.t. to suck in: to swallow up: to engage wholly.—n. Absorbabil′ity.—adj. Absorb′able that may be absorbed.—p.adj. Absorbed′ swallowed up: entirely occupied.—advs. Absorb′edly Absorb′ingly.—adj. Absorb′ent imbibing: swallowing.—n. that which absorbs.—n. Absorp′tion the act of absorbing: entire occupation of mind.—adj. Absorp′tive having power to absorb.—n. Absorptiv′ity.
伊桑錄入
例句/造句/用法:
- Robert, being the youngest, and having less of the past to absorb him than his comrade, recommenced first. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Stained-glass windows owe their charm and beauty to the presence in the glass of various dyes and pigments which absorb in different amounts some colors from white light and transmit others. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- Quite other feelings absorb his reflections and govern his faculties. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Coal and tar and soot are good illustrations of objects which absorb all the light which falls upon them. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The method of purifying by lime was introduced by Mr. Clegg; and by a later process, oxide of iron is used to absorb the sulphuretted hydrogen. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- To make that material available, it is necessary to coat it with some substance that will absorb the sensitive solution. 弗雷德里克·科利爾·貝克維爾. 偉大的事實.
- Is your profession really so engaging and interesting as to absorb your whole attention? 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- As to that little man himself, his whole attention had become absorbed in getting near the door and looking out at it. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- They seem to have been overrun and the population absorbed by the conquerors. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Then, as the creature's legs appear and its tail is absorbed, it begins to use its lungs, and its gills dwindle and vanish. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- From that time until July, 1878, his time and attention day and night were almost completely absorbed by the excitement caused by the invention and exhibition of the machine. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- We left her, on a low chair, at one side of the instrument, so absorbed over her reading that she did not seem to notice when we moved. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Presently his wife looked up from her sewing, and noticed how much absorbed he was. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I hoped he would feel this, but, for the moment, he seemed too much absorbed to be sensible of the change. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Having first seen him perfectly swallowed up in admiration of Mrs. Jellyby, I had supposed her to be the absorbing object of his devotion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- The ladies were not really interested in Mrs. Struthers just then; the subject of Ellen Olenska was too fresh and too absorbing to them. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 純真年代.
- Its hoary traditions make it an object of absorbing interest to even the most careless stranger, and thus far it had interest for me; but no further. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is this same shock-absorbing device which is used to catch the recoil on the immense siege guns used in modern warfare. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- Her fear had been too deep, too absorbing, too entire, to be changed to security. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Mr. Helstone neither had, nor professed to have, Mr. Yorke's absorbing passion for her. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- But Bell had been giving so much time and attention to this absorbing project that his teaching had suffered. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The State is all-sufficing for the wants of man, and, like the idea of the Church in later ages, absorbs all other desires and affections. 柏拉圖. 理想國.
- A more scientific statement, however, is that the cold vapor absorbs the heat units of the water, and taking them away with it, lowers the temperature of the water to the freezing point. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- If magenta is replaced by other artificial dyes,--for example, scarlets,--the result is similar; in general, wool material absorbs dye readily, and uniting with it is permanently dyed. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- The sea is a vast reservoir of potash, and seaweed, especially the giant kelp, absorbs large quantities of this potash. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
- So rare is the atmosphere of Mars that it absorbs very little heat from the sun. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- An individual becomes rational only as he absorbs into himself the content of rationality in nature and in social institutions. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- The decaying vegetable matter which covers the forest floor acts more or less as a sponge, and quickly absorbs falling rain and melting snow. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科學通論.
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