| 单词 | absorb |
| 释义 | absorb —absorbable, adj. —absorbability n. /ab sawrb", -zawrb"/, v.t. 1. to suck up or drink in (a liquid); soak up: A sponge absorbs water. 2. to swallow up the identity or individuality of; incorporate: The empire absorbed many small nations. 3. to involve the full attention of; to engross or engage wholly: so absorbed in a book that he did not hear the bell. 4. to occupy or fill: This job absorbs all of my time. 5. to take up or receive by chemical or molecular action: Carbonic acid is formed when water absorbs carbon dioxide. 6. to take in without echo, recoil, or reflection: to absorb sound and light; to absorb shock. 7. to take in and utilize: The market absorbed all the computers we could build. Can your brain absorb all this information? 8. to pay for (costs, taxes, etc.): The company will absorb all the research costs. 9. Archaic. to swallow up. [1480-90; < L absorbere, equiv. to ab- AB- + sorbere to suck in, swallow] Syn. 2. assimilate, consume, devour, engulf; destroy. |
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