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单词 take out
释义 take out
verb
Etymology: Middle English taken out, from taken to take + out
transitive verb
1. : to remove from within (as from a receptacle, a place, enclosing bounds or limits, a set or composite)
 < had his tonsils taken out >
 < took his pen out and signed on the spot >
 < took the melodrama out of the rescue scenes and substituted pathos — M.W.Fishwick >
 < nurse took out the supper trays and the lights in the ward were turned off — Carson McCullers >
as
 a.
  (1) : deduct, separate
   < took his commission out before turning over the proceeds >
  (2) : except, exclude, omit
   < 21 working days, taking out weekends and holidays >
  (3) : withdraw, withhold
   < some land will be taken out of spring wheat and flaxseed — Successful Farming >
 b. : to draw out by cleansing
  < a preparation for taking stains out >
 c. : to find release for : give vent to : expend — usually used with on
  < take out their resentments on one another — J.W.Aldridge >
  < take out their wanderlust on geographic magazines — T.H.Robsjohn-Gibbings >
 d. : to get rid of or put an end to (as an obstacle, an opponent) : eliminate
  < second ball takes out all the remaining pins — Beginning Bowling >
  < main job was to take out enemy airfields — Walter Millis >
  < needed to have some of the conceit taken out of him >
2. obsolete : copy
3. : to lead or carry forth (as into the open air, from a private to a public place, into society)
 < took the dog out for a run >
 < mother liked to be taken out for dinner occasionally >
 < perfect weather for taking the baby out >
 < prettiest girl he had ever taken out on the dance floor >
as
 a. : escort
  < not a puzzle to her that men seldom wanted to take her out — Aurelia Levi >
 b. : conduct
  < the next year he took out his first road company — W.B.Shaw >
4. : to take as an equivalent : obtain or receive the value of in another form — used with in
 < part of the mill-workers' pay is taken out in houses — Sinclair Lewis >
 < took what remained of the debt out in goods >
5.
 a. : to obtain (as by application) from the proper authority
  < take out a summons >
  < take out a charter >
  < forgot to take a new dog license out >
  < new Socialist peers have followed tradition and taken out coats of arms — New York Herald Tribune >
  < applied to take out citizenship >
 b. : to arrange for (insurance)
  < your age at the time you take out your annuity — advt >
6. : to overcall (as one's bridge partner or his bid) in a denomination that is different or to bid over (as a double or redouble by partner) when the intervening opponent has passed, doubled, or redoubled
intransitive verb
: to start on a course : set out : strike out
 < wagons were taking out, some of them to face … miles of country road — William Faulkner >
 < saw the tracers of his machine guns taking out after them — Ira Wolfert >
 < trail took out across a long undulating grass prairie — H.L.Davis >
 < take out for home >

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