take in
phrasal verbtake somebody in
- to allow somebody to stay in your home
留宿;收留 - to take in lodgers
收房客 - He was homeless, so we took him in.
他无家可归,我们便收留了他。
- to take in lodgers
- (of the police
) to take somebody to a police station in order to ask them questions警方 带某人去警察局问他们问题 - Police have taken a man in for questioning following the attacks.
袭击发生后,警方拘留了一名男子进行审问。
- Police have taken a man in for questioning following the attacks.
- [often passive] to make somebody believe something that is not true
synonym deceive欺骗;蒙骗 - She took me in completely with her story.
她用谎话把我完全蒙蔽了。 - Don't be taken in by his charm—he's ruthless.
不要被他那迷人的风度所蒙蔽,其实他冷酷无情。
- She took me in completely with her story.
take something in
- to absorb something into the body, for example by breathing or swallowing
吸入,吞入(体内) - Fish take in oxygen through their gills.
鱼用鳃吸取氧气。
- Fish take in oxygen through their gills.
- to make a piece of clothing narrower or tighter
改小,改瘦(衣服) - This dress needs to be taken in at the waist.
这件连衣裙的腰身需要改瘦。
- This dress needs to be taken in at the waist.
- [no passive] to include or cover something
包括;包含 - The tour takes in six European capitals.
这次旅游包括六个欧洲国家的首都。 - Her lecture took in all the recent developments in the subject.
她的讲座将该学科的新发展全部包罗在内。
- The tour takes in six European capitals.
- [no passive] to go to see or visit something such as a film
去看,观看(电影等) - I generally take in a show when I'm in New York.
我每次去纽约通常总会看一场演出。
- I generally take in a show when I'm in New York.
- to take notice of something with your eyes
注意到;看到 - He took in every detail of her appearance.
他仔仔细细打量了她一番。 - She took in the scene at a glance.
她看了一眼就完全明白了这个场景。
- He took in every detail of her appearance.
- to understand or remember something that you hear or read
理解;领会;记住 - Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in.
这一章我读到一半才意识到我根本没有看懂。
- Halfway through the chapter I realized I hadn't taken anything in.