| 单词 | take |
| 释义 | take I. 1. a. < took 300 of the enemy's men and a dozen of his cannon > < believed they could take the fort in about three days > < was taken by the police within three hours of the crime > < took the town and carried off what wine and oil it contained — C.L.Jones > b. (1) < eighty percent of the whales today are taken in the Antarctic — Mary H. Vorse > < the nets by which the bats were to be taken — R.L.Ditmars & A.M.Greenhall > < took many nice fish — Alexander MacDonald > < had never more than three or four pellets in them … for he took them upon the very edge of the shot pattern — William Humphrey > < proclamation governing the taking of upland game birds and deer — N. Dak. Hunting Regulations > — sometimes used to include acts in attempt to kill or capture < the word take as used in this Act means hunt, shoot, pursue, lure, kill, destroy, capture, trap or ensnare, or to attempt so to do — Illinois Game & Fish Codes > (2) < tales of children taken by tigers > c. < took his opponent's queen on the fourth move > also < planned to let his rook take the knight > < ace takes the king > d. e. (1) < take it on the fly > < took it on the first hop > (2) < was taken in the slips > 2. a. < take the ax by the handle > < take the book in your right hand > < always took his hand when they crossed the street > < took his sleeve to guide him > < took him by the shoulders and shook him soundly > < dentist took the tooth in his forceps > < took the child in her arms to comfort it > < take the railing as you go down > b. < sound of a ship taking the ground > < oars rhythmically taking the water > 3. a. (1) < was taken with a fit of laughing > < was suddenly taken with a need for companionship > < liked to work as the humor took him > < toward morning he was taken with frenzy and leaped from bed — J.A.Michener > < seemed to be taken with a great restlessness — S.H.Holbrook > (2) < was taken ill > < found himself taken hoarse > < was taken down with pneumonia > (3) < blasts the tree and takes the cattle — Shakespeare > b. < question took him unprepared > < was taken unawares > < tried to take him napping > < took him in the very act > c. < a straight left-hander that took him on the broad chin — Arthur Morrison > < took the boy a smart box on the ear > d. (1) < performance that seemed to have taken the fancy of the crowd > — usually used with with < was much taken with him at their first meeting > < so taken with the decorations that she decided to copy them > or sometimes with by < quite taken by their concern for his comfort > (2) < took his attention momentarily > < kind of thing that takes one's eye > 4. a. < I take my pen in hand > < took his hat and coat and left > < reached over and took a piece of bread > < took a cigar and lit it > < took the youngster on her lap > < took a stake and pounded it in the ground > b. (1) < had taken no food for three days > < take a glass of water > < take snuff > < takes the smoke into his lungs > < take one tablet after each meal > < took poison > < killed himself by taking gas > < communed with spirits while taking tobacco and a narcotic herb — J.H.Steward > < label reading “this medicine is not to be taken internally” > < took his bottle well and had gained back to birth weight — E.F.Patton > (2) < taking the sun on the beach before the little teahouse — Hamilton Basso > < piers … where families in the neighborhood could take the river air in warm weather — Brooks Atkinson > (3) < the audience would take tea there — Virginia Woolf > < took supper with an English earl — F.B.Gipson > < residents are required to take their meals in the houses — Official Register of Harvard University > < takes dinner about six > 5. a. (1) < took his son into the firm > < wouldn't take me into his confidence > < takes a few private pupils > < was reduced to taking lodgers > < time he took a wife > < the stupid bride he means to take — Carl Van Doren > < took a squaw to wife — Burges Johnson > < serve you right if she took a lover — Guy McCrone > (2) < took her dead brother's youngest child > < married children arranged to take their father a month at a time > < agreed to take a war orphan > b. 6. a. < took the umbrella to keep it from being lost or stolen > < if nobody wants this, I'll take it > < found that somebody had taken his hat > < accused me of taking his camera > < had been taking money out of the till for months > b. (1) < take a cottage for the summer > < take a box at the opera > < family takes several magazines > < take two quarts of milk every other day > (2) < spent an hour looking around but didn't take anything > < finally decided to take a blue serge suit > < wanted to take the ranch house but his wife wouldn't agree > < salesman tried to persuade him to take the convertible > 7. a. (1) < butter often takes the flavor of substances near it > < fog took ghostly shapes > < ancient Greek gods often took the likeness of a human being > < unconsciously he took color from his environment — V.L.Parrington > < take different shapes on different occasions — Curtis Bok > also < the plaster took the mold in perfect detail > (2) < take the veil of a nun > < asked him to take the gavel > < had taken the throne at twenty > b. < take office > < take service under a foreign flag > < take the responsibility for keeping order > < each teacher must take the study hall once every week > specifically < our right end takes defensive fullback — A.E.Neale > c. (1) < take a vow > < take a pledge > < take my oath he hasn't grown an inch — New Yorker > < took oath as president on December 1st — Virginia Prewett > (2) obsolete < took't upon mine honor thou hadst it not — Shakespeare > d. (1) < take the role of the villain > < took an important part in the negotiations > < the teacher who took the third grade last year > < take soprano > < had to take three sections of freshman English > < curate took the early morning service > (2) < man who is willing to take the trouble to do good work > < have taken pains with the documentation — Van Wyck Brooks > < took no pains to soften their footsteps — Jean Stafford > < few of our statesmen can have taken so little pains to keep themselves in the public eye — G.M.Young > e. < knew that his mother would take his side > — often used in the phrase take sides < members take sides against each other in all public affairs — A.C.Whitehead > f. < a point well taken > < took his stand on judicial incorruptibility > g. < take the credit > < take the liberty of disagreeing > < took my consent for granted > < take leave to protest > h. < takes an accent on the last syllable > < takes an s in the plural > < transitive verbs take an object > < takes the objective case > < plural noun takes a plural verb > 8. a. < took six tricks in a row > < took the fight by a knockout > < took first place in the broad jump > < took the Latin prize for two years > < was lucky to take one game out of four > < took first-class honors in history — Current Biography > < took ribbons for his vegetables — Lamp > b. < took him in straight sets > < bragged that he could take the new marshal — J.W.Schaefer > 9. < was told to take the road bearing left at the fork > < always took the middle course if there was one > < let him take his pick > < take any number from one to ten > 10. < take the first opportunity > < took every means he could think of > < was forced to take severe measures > as a. < had taken his belt to the disobedient boy > < nothing to do with the weeds but take a scythe to them > b. < could take the subway to work > < took a freighter to Europe > < usually took the car > < he takes airplanes, but his wife won't fly — Philip Hamburger > < insisted on taking a taxi all the way — Christopher Isherwood > also < always took the train at the main station > < had taken horse and ridden into the fields — J.H.Wheelwright > < just before I took ship at New York for Sweden — Sinclair Lewis > < takes the train every morning at 6:45 > c. < take shelter > < take sanctuary > < take harbor > < had one look at the bear and then took the nearest tree > < could often take refuge from his humiliation in a sort of dignity — Elizabeth Bowen > < take cover behind prejudices and theories — Roger Fry > d. < wished he could take a paved road > < every single plane … fit to take the air — Ira Wolfert > < readying the boat to take the water > e. (1) < take a seat in the rear > < took the nearest chair > < took his place in the procession > < was unwilling to take the center of the stage > < always ready to take the spotlight > < took the chair in the absence of the regular chairman > (2) < take enough time to be sure > < doesn't take much room > < took a long time to dry out > (3) < takes a size nine shoe > < job took more attention than he could give > < took two men to keep the tub filled — H.A.Chippendale > < a good long letter (took two postage stamps) — Walt Whitman > < took the baroque age to invent, and to respect, the … periwig — Gilbert Highet > < getting to the right place at the right time … takes a bit of doing — Nevil Shute > 11. a. < takes its title from the name of the hero > < family probably took its name from the place where it lived > < took his design from natural rock formations > < takes his good looks from his mother > < took his text from the Old Testament > < took his subject from his own experience > as (1) < took his plot from an old folk tale > < retorted with a line taken verbatim from Shakespeare > < our habit of taking words from other languages — Thomas Pyles > (2) < coal used is imported … while the limestone is taken from the company's own quarries — N.R.Heiden > b. (1) < take the temperature > < take the dimensions of a room > < tailor took his measurements > < take a census > < took the opinion of the group > also < take an observation of the sun > < take a test of its efficiency > < take a poll > < take a vote > (2) < take notes > < take the attendance > < take minutes of a meeting > < take an inventory > < take a copy of a will > — often used with down < take down a speech in shorthand > < took down the principal points > < sent for a stenographer to take down his confession > (3) < likes to take pictures > < take a snapshot > < took the children in their party clothes > (4) < take a proof > < take a person's fingerprints > < take rubbings of ancient brasses > < worked out a way of taking the carved impression from the stone — Roger Burlingame > 12. < wouldn't take my hand when I offered it > < taught her not to take candy from strangers > < took the present but didn't seem pleased with it > < wouldn't take no for an answer > < take a bribe > < take a bet > < was told to take it or leave it > < shipped it through the Canal and I took delivery on it here this afternoon — Robert Carson > as a. < was on hand to take an honorary doctorate > < has been trained to take salutes on state occasions — Star Weekly > b. (1) < took his punishment like a man > < take a blow without flinching > < is taking treatments > < physician told him he ought to stay for six months and take the cure — College English > < the mauling his corps took in the peach orchard — R.M.Lovett > < seeing men die and taking three wounds in his own body — Dixon Wecter > : put up with < don't have to take anything from him, or to stand his bad manners — Willa Cather > < after taking twenty years of living in these cramped quarters — Henry Hewes > — often used with it < for people who can take it like pioneers, here is a new frontier — W.P.Webb > < she deserved the accolade of the modern generation — she could take it — New Republic > (2) < takes hard usage > < specifications may require the glass … to take an impact blow of 6 to 9 ft. lbs. — E.B.Shand > < takes extremes of weather beautifully > c. (1) < had to take his word for it > < you can take it from me that he is not here > (2) < take a warning > < take a hint > < take a suggestion > < please take my advice > (3) < take a situation calmly > < took the joke in earnest > < took it ill of them > < would take it kindly if we could answer at once > (4) < take things as they come > < ready to take the consequences of his act > < take the bad along with the good > d. < was taking his ease on the porch > < hoped to be able to take a brief vacation > < took a five-minute break for coffee > < time to take a rest > e. < agreed to take a thousand dollars in complete settlement of the claim > < wouldn't take less than a hundred a week > < wants more but would probably take less > f. (1) obsolete (2) (3) g. h. < bonefish will take a fly during a strong wind — R.R.Camp > < taking feathered lures and spinning stuff — Sports Illustrated > i. < ready to take all comers > j. < manager signaled him to take the next pitch > 13. a. (1) < liable to take a great deal of water over the bow in bad weather — D.W.Pye > < seams had opened and the boat was taking water fast > (2) < shelf just takes the books > < harbor is so badly silted it can take only small craft — Christopher Rand > < suitcase wouldn't take another thing > < runway … long enough to take any of the biggest airliners of tomorrow — A.J.Cathrein > < largest canals take barges of more than a thousand tons — Alice Mutton > b. < take cold > < took the measles > < one of the sorrels took colic and died — J.F.Dobie > < their liability to take the blight — H.E.Laffer > : be seized by < take a fit > < take fright > c. < cloth that takes dye well > < surface will not take paint > < granite takes a high polish > < won't take a shine, no matter how long you wear it — Clarence Woodbury > d. (1) obsolete (2) Scotland < giantess who was so big the Sound of Mull took her only knee-deep — Alastair Borthwick > 14. a. (1) < his hearers were slow to take his meaning > < object of the writer will be … to make the reader take his meaning readily and precisely — Ernest Gowers > < event was so unusual and unexpected that we did not know how to take it — R.M.Lovett > < take a remark as it was intended > (2) < if I take you correctly > < in the other scenes we have no difficulty in taking him as we are meant to take him — F.R.Leavis > b. < we take this to be your final offer > < take it as settled > < I take it that you approve > < hoped he would not be taken as absolutely committed > < does not wish people to take his fictions as novels — Carlos Lynes > < the type taken as normal in English political writing — D.W.Brogan > < canon law may be taken to include theology — H.O.Taylor > < do not take me as urging that it ought to be done — F.S.Mitchell > c. < taking a stride at the usual 30 inches > < reports by … untrained observers are all taken at a hundred percent of their face value — M.R.Cohen > d. < take pleasure > < took delight in perversity — G.W.Brace > < took an immediate dislike to the newcomer > < saw no reason to take offense > < take a little reasonable umbrage — C.E.Montague > < takes satisfaction in inertly orthodox generalities — F.R.Leavis > < took pride in his work > < nurse their griefs … seem, in fact, almost to take a delight in brooding over them — H.A.Overstreet > e. (1) < take a resolution > < take a grave view of a situation > < was here that the real decisions on policy were taken — J.H.Plumb > < whenever he took a notion he wanted something, he bought it — Margaret Cousins > < taking harsh judgments of his contemporaries — S.L.A.Marshall > (2) < takes pity on all suffering creatures > < had taken no further heed of her existence — W.J.Locke > 15. a. (1) < take the baby to the park > < took his girl to the prom > < promised to take the whole family to dinner > < this bus will take you into town > also < this line takes us directly to the city > < fine road takes you through the forest — Tom Marvel > < to climb it would take us in the wrong direction — D.L.Busk > (2) < take your father's slippers to him > < take the dishes to the kitchen > < took a plentiful lunch with them but brought most of it back > (3) < business took him west > < an appointment that took him into town > < neighbor whose employment takes him on periodic trips across the country — Sidney Alexander > b. < seeking interests that would take him out of himself > < journey took his mind away from his troubles > c. < last-minute touchdown took the score to 57 > < heavy selling in the afternoon took the list lower > d. archaic 16. a. < take eggs from a nest > < take the cream off the milk > < you can take a cork out of one of those bottles > b. (1) < the right of the state to take human life > < took his own life in a fit of despondency > (2) < was taken in his prime > < those who have been taken hence > < a mother whose only child had recently been taken > < a cruel fate took him from us > c. (1) < take two from four > < took ten percent off the bill for cash > < celebrates his fiftieth birthday, give or take a few months, with this selection — Carlos Baker > (2) < never took his eyes from hers > < gave him kicks that took the laugh off his face — Claud Cockburn > 17. < take a walk > < take a look > < take aim > < take a trip > < take a turn around the block > < take two steps forward > < stopped two or three times to take a sounding — Nevil Shute > < able to take such action by air, naval, or land forces as may be necessary — Vera M. Dean > as a. < took a swing at a policeman > < tested the pillow by taking a poke at it > b. < take proceedings > < take legal action > c. < take an objection > < be fired … if an important reader or advertiser took exception to something he said — Phoenix Flame > < might take exception to his representative having a meal with casteless persons — Dillon Ripley > d. < take adieu > < take a last farewell > 18. archaic 19. a. < take first things first > < doctor was sure he had taken the disease in time > < take the problems one by one > < next let us take the Peloponnesian War > < if he be summoned to court, his case is taken in a language he does not understand — Stuart Cloete > b. (1) < taken together, the details were quite significant > < taking one thing with another, decided they had not done badly > (2) < to illustrate, take ancient Greece > c. < take fancy dancing > < take music lessons > specifically < took English 21 last year > < is taking both French and German > 20. < take two stairs at a time > < took the corner on two wheels > < was taking fences at the age of six > < took the puddle in an easy leap > < took an exit at three times the posted limit — Hugh Sherwood > < sort of hill which any car can take with ease — F.G.Kay > 21. < how can the amateur collector be sure he isn't being taken — New Orleans (La.) Times-Picayune > < taken for over a hundred thousand dollars on shakedowns alone — F.B.Gipson > < girl who would take me for a lot of money — Merle Miller > I. 1. a. < the queen in chess takes at any distance in a straight line > < the symbol x, read “takes”, indicates a capture — New Complete Hoyle > b. < he takes as heir > < was entitled, as a society with a lawful object, to take under a charitable bequest — Eduard Jenks > c. of a fish < salmon took that morning, though halfheartedly — B.A.Williams > < will take in clear water > < tench, who stop taking soon after breakfast — T.H.White b. 1906 > 2. < high-velocity harpoon is fired. If this strikes and takes, an explosive charge goes off inside the animal's rib cage — I.T.Sanderson > 3. a. < with an experienced surgeon some 90 percent of the grafts take — Lancet > b. 4. a. (1) < take after a purse snatcher > < take down the street and around the corner > < take across a field > < take over the hill > (2) chiefly dialect < road turns here and takes over the hill > b. chiefly dialect — used as an intensifier or often simply redundantly with a following verb < took and swung at the ball but missed > < took and grabbed his hat and ran > < took and cried everytime anybody looked at her > — compare go 5. a. < an expensive lesson in caution; it could only be hoped that it would take > as (1) < wick was dry and the sparks didn't take > (2) of a plan < fanciful schemes without a chance of taking > < where retirements are often announced but seldom take — Springfield (Massachusetts) Union > (3) of a vaccine or vaccination b. < dry fuel takes readily > < had never taken after his first vaccination > 6. a. < no planets strike, no fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm — Shakespeare > b. < the play took greatly and was still drawing big audiences — W.A.Darlington > < book had not yet taken with the general reader > 7. < a few minor irritations that took only slightly from their general satisfaction > 8. a. < died suddenly in 1820, taking ill on his way home — Isobel Hutchison > < took sick > < took pretty surly — Punch > b. < top takes off > < toy clock with varicolored plastic works that take apart for reassembly by the child > < table takes apart for packing > < gadget takes to pieces for cleaning > c. < ink that takes well on cloth > d. < colors that take well > < takes best highlighted against a dark background > Synonyms: < take the book from the shelf > < a city taken by the enemy > < take a cottage for the summer > seize suggests sudden and forcible taking, often the taking or apprehending of something elusive or difficult by quick, opportune action < they seize all the cattle and other property left behind by the fugitives in their haste — J.G.Frazer > < the Breton seized more than he could hold; the Norman took less than he would have liked — Henry Adams > < the character … is difficult to seize, for it comprised qualities hardly ever combined in one man — Hilaire Belloc > grasp implies a firm quick laying hold and tightening fingers around, a taking or seizing likened to such an action, or a similar effective comprehension < she grasped him by the arm, driving her fingers deep into the flesh — R.P.Warren > < determined to grasp all they could for Pennsylvania, Colonial officials tricked the Indians — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania > < understood the words I heard, but couldn't seem to grasp their meaning — Kenneth Roberts > clutch may suggest increased suddenness, force, or firmness in taking hold, apprehending, or attempting to take hold < with an agonized cry, she clutches his shoulders and drags herself to her feet — G.B.Shaw > < straws were straws, and the frailer they were the harder she clutched them — George Meredith > < flung himself forward with the others, desperately clutching at the precious escaping fish — A.J.Cronin > snatch stresses suddenness of motion without indicating a forceful retention and may suggest stealthy or ready promptness in action < many too are killed by their stronger companions in their desperate attempts to snatch their share of food — James Stevenson-Hamilton > < tried to keep hold of the plate which the school teacher tried to snatch away and for a few minutes they struggled laughing — Sherwood Anderson > grab typically suggests rude rough forceful action, often in indifference to or violation of the rights of others < could apparently grab Silesia by force of arms — Stringfellow Barr > < the more adventurous hastened to California with a pocketful of paper to grab rich mineral and timber lands — American Guide Series: Minnesota > Synonym: see in addition attract, receive. • - take a bow - take account of - take a chance - take a dare - take a dive - take advantage of - take after - take against - take a joke - take alarm - take amiss - take apart - take a powder - take a reef - take arms - take breath - take care - take care of - take charge - take counsel - take croquet - take effect - take example - take fire - take five - take for - take from the table - take guard - take heart - take hold - take into account - take into camp - take into one's head - take in vain - take issue - take it in snuff - take it on the chin - take it or leave it - take it out of - take kindly to - take lying down - take notice - take notice of - take oath - take one at one's word - take one's death - take one's life in one's hands - take one's medicine - take one's time - take order - take orders - take or leave - take part - take place - take possession - take root - take shape - take silk - take stage - take the bull by the horns - take the cake - take the count - take the cross - take the field - take the floor - take the road - take the rue - take the wind out of one's sails - take the word - take the words out of one's mouth - take time by the forelock - take to - take to one's heels - take to task - take wake - take water - take with II. 1. a. < the hunting take and other causes of mortality to pheasant eggs — Sports Illustrated > b. chiefly Britain c. d. (1) (2) < White has left his queen on take > e. (1) (2) < session opened with the second take of the first part of the concerto — Murray Schumach > 2. a. (1) < was fixing to increase the state's take on mutuel betting — J.G.Forrest > < the farmer's take last year > < the tax take > < take has lagged behind the increased outgo — Harlow Shapley > < a box-office take which yearly declined — Kaspar Monahan > < the 1956 take from tourism — Newsweek > < crowds became larger, and the take greater — Carey McWilliams > (2) < gambling take helps pay for the state's roads — Jack Goodman > < 2.17 percent, the syndicate's net take on the issue — John Brooks > (3) b. < a catch of four cows and an oil take of more than a hundred barrels — H.A.Chippendale > < yearly take of cottontail rabbits … runs into the millions — American Guide Series: Michigan > c. (1) chiefly Britain (2) d. (1) (2) e. (1) < the high-speed takes in this course have been taken from the Congressional Record — C.I.Blanchard & C.E.Zoubek > (2) < prepared speech, translated in short takes — W.V.Shannon > < an informal anthology in short takes — William Miller > < might be wisest to read them in short takes — New Yorker > f. (1) < usually a cutter receives hundreds of takes of scenes — Andrew Buchanan > also (2) < hundreds of feet of tape contain dozens of takes — New York Times > often 3. a. (1) obsolete (2) b. 4. a. < should be vaccinated again and again, if necessary, until there is a take — Benjamin Spock > b. < skin grafting … resulted in a complete take — Science News Letter > 5. < gave my name to the uniformed maid — whose take, as I announced myself, was something to behold — Polly Adler > < the lovable baby with the big feet and the slow take — Robert Hatch > < no stage gasp or actor's take — Otis Ferguson > < would strike the committee, in a giant delayed take — Russell Maloney > — compare double take • - on the take IV. or take a walk • - take a bath - take a hike - take a position - take no prisoners - take the mickey - take the mickey out of V. < was asked for her take on recent developments > also < a new take on an old style > • - on the take |
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