单词 | uptake |
释义 | uptake (ʌpteɪk ) 1. singular noun A person's uptake of something is the amount of it that they use. [technical] The drug increases the number of red cells in the blood, enhancing oxygen uptake by 10 percent. ...research in relation to the uptake of nitrate into vegetables. [+ of] 2. quick on the uptake phrase You say that someone is quick on the uptake when they understand things quickly. You say that someone is slow on the uptake when they have difficulty understanding simple or obvious things. She is not an intellectual, but is quick on the uptake. Carol was absent-minded and a little slow on the uptake. Collocations: increase the uptake of There have been other drivers for the increased uptake of open source too; the most obvious of these being the economic downturn and limited budgets. Computing (2010) These help to expand the lungs more fully and thus increase the uptake of oxygen into the blood. Banish Headaches -how to obtain fast, drug-free relief from headache (1990) Phytases from microbial sources are supplemented to feedstuff of monogastric animals to increase the uptake of phytate phosphorus. 2012, 'Transgenic Plants Expressing Phytase Gene of Microbial Origin and Their Prospective Application as Feed', Food Technology and Biotechnology I-metaiodobenzyl guanidine scintigram revealed an increased uptake in the same area. 2012, 'Preoperative Embolization Reduces the Risk of Cathecolamines Release at the Time of Surgical Excision of Large Pelvic Extra-Adrenal Sympathetic Paraganglioma', Case Reports in Endocrinology Those around him, responding to his voracious appetite for data on vaccine uptake, and delivery on his investments, know this only too well. Times, Sunday Times Although the paper was discredited, it resulted in a drop in vaccine uptake. Times, Sunday Times Area-specific strategies are now in action to target the ever-shrinking remaining reservoirs of polio virus, improve vaccine uptake, address weaknesses in health systems and flush the virus out for good. Times, Sunday Times |
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