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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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