英语词汇“absorb”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	absorb
释义	ab·sorb \əbˈsȯ(ə)rb, -ˈz-, -ȯ(ə)b also ab-\ transitive verb (-ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle French absorber, from Latin absorbēre, from ab- ab- (I) + sorbēre to suck up, swallow; akin to Greek rhophein to sup up, Middle Irish srub snout, Lithuanian srė̃bti to sip, and perhaps to Middle High German sürpfeln to sip, Norwegian slurpe 1. archaic : to swallow up : engulf < absorbed by oblivion > 2. : assimilate, incorporate < the power of Chinese civilization to absorb new arrivals — G.W.Johnson > 3. a. : to suck up : take up by various means (as by capillary, osmotic, solvent, or chemical action) < water absorbed by plant roots > < absorb ammonia gas in water > — distinguished from adsorb b. : to take in : imbibe < convictions absorbed in youth — M.R.Cohen > < the prudential morality he had absorbed from Puritanism — R.H.Gabriel > 4. : to engage wholly < absorbed in thoughts of poetry — E.W.H.Lumsden > : occupy fully < work absorbs most of his time > 5. a. : to receive the impact of or undergo the shock of without recoil < absorb the vibration of machinery > < capable of absorbing punishment > b. : to receive without repercussion or echo < walls lined with material that absorbs sound > c. : to transform (radiant energy) into a different form usually with a resulting rise of temperature (as when the earth receives energy from the sun) < neutrons absorbed by cadmium rods > 6. a. : to take up by purchase < the business being absorbed by a competitor > < the market absorbed the entire production > b. : to take over (a cost) < traveling expenses absorbed by the employer > Synonyms: see monopolize
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