take up
vb
to adopt the study, practice, or activity of
to take up gardening
to occupy and break in (uncultivated land)
he took up some hundreds of acres in the back country
to shorten (a garment or part of a garment)
she took all her skirts up three inches
to pay off (a note, mortgage, etc)
to agree to or accept (an invitation, etc)
to pursue further or resume (something)
he took up French where he left off
to absorb (a liquid)
to adopt as a protégé; act as a patron to
to occupy or fill (space or time)
to interrupt, esp in order to contradict or criticize
n
the claiming or acceptance of something, esp a state benefit, that is due or available.(as modifier)
the distance through which a part must move to absorb the free play in a system
denoting the part of a mechanism on which film, tape, or wire is wound up
a take-up spool on a tape recorder
- 习惯用语
- take up on to argue or dispute with (someone).to accept what is offered by (someone)
- take up with to discuss with (someone); refer to.to begin to keep company or associate with
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