take in

vt.接受, 让…进入, 理解, 包括, 欺骗, 改短

1. 让……进入; 接受

The club took in a new member last week.

俱乐部上星期又吸收了一名新会员。

2. 改小; 改短

The dress needs to be taken in a bit.

这衣服需要稍微改小一点。

词义辨析

同义参见:

embody  receive  pocket  overhear  initiate  import  absorb  suck  snow  compass  rope  encircle  

英英释义

名词 take in:

the act of taking in as by fooling or cheating or swindling someone

同义词：take-in

动词 take in:

provide with shelter

fool or hoax

同义词：gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, put one over, put one across

suck or take up or in

同义词：absorb

visit for entertainment

call for and obtain payment of

同义词：collect

see or watch

同义词：watch, view, see, catch

express willingness to have in one's home or environs

同义词：receive, invite

fold up

同义词：gather in

take up mentally

同义词：absorb, assimilate, ingest

earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

同义词：gain, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in

hear, usually without the knowledge of the speakers

同义词：catch, overhear

accept

同义词：take up

take in, also metaphorically

同义词：absorb, suck, imbibe, soak up, sop up, suck up, draw, take up

take up as if with a sponge

同义词：sop up, suck in, take up

serve oneself to, or consume regularly

同义词：consume, ingest, take, have

take into one's family

同义词：adopt

make (clothes) smaller

补充

take intake in1.欺骗; 使上当The salesman finds it easy to take in old ladies.这个推销员发现老太太们容易上当受骗。If you trust him, you will certainly be taken in.如果你相信他, 你一定会受骗。2.领会; 理解I wonder if he's really taking it in.我想知道他是否真正明白了。The lecturer had the feeling that a good deal of what he said had not been taken in by the students.演讲人觉得他说的许多话学生都没有领会。3.接待; 收留He had nowhere to go, so I took him in.他无处可去, 所以我收留了他。My house is full; I can't take in any more guests.我的房子已客满, 不能再容纳更多的客人了。4.包括The study of physics takes in many difficult subjects.物理的学习包括许多困难的方面。5.吸入The boat is taking in water!船进水啦!

例句

1. The monastery has taken in 26 refugees.修道院收留了26名难民。 2. He persuaded Jo to take him in.他劝说乔收留他。 3. I hear she's taking in lodgers now.我听说她现在接收房客了。 4. Police have taken him in for questioning in connection with the murder.警察把他带回, 讯问有关谋杀案的事情。 5. I know I was a naive fool to trust him but he is a real charmer who totally took me in.我知道信任他是因为我太傻太天真, 不过他实在太有魅力, 我被彻底蒙蔽了。 6. I wasn't going to be taken in by his charm.我不会被他的魅力蒙蔽的。 7. I didn't really take in what she was saying.我没有真正明白她在说什么。 8. The eyes behind the lenses were alert, taking in everything at a glance.镜片后的眼睛十分警觉, 扫一眼就尽收眼底了。 9. Players will need to take in plenty of liquid.运动员将需要补充大量水分。 10. She had to take her old skirts in.她只好把几条旧裙子改小。 11. They plan to take in $1.6 billion.他们计划进账16亿美元。 12. Ethiopia's territory takes in a population of more than 40 million people.埃塞俄比亚的国土容纳了四千多万人口。 13. I was wondering if you might want to take in a movie with me this evening.不知道今晚你是否愿意和我一起去看场电影。 14. Our club plan to take in 20 new members.我们俱乐部计划吸收20名新会员。 15. The ship stopped here to take in freight.这艘船在这里停泊装货。 16. The old man took in the lost backpackers for the night.老人收留迷路的背包客在家里过夜。 17. to take in the homeless收留无家可归的人 18. He took Mary in to dinner.他陪着玛丽进入餐厅用餐。 19. The police took him in for attempted murder.警方因他杀人未遂而将其拘留。 20. She took in sewing and washing to earn a little.她接缝洗活儿在家里做，来挣一点钱。 21. The waist of her skirt needs to be taken in a little.她的裙子的腰要稍微改窄一点。 22. They took in sail when the wind blew hard.刮大风时他们把帆收了起来。 23. A good deal of the marsh was taken in from the sea.很大一部分沼地是由填海而成。 24. My brother takes in China Daily.我兄弟订阅《中国日报》。 25. Which newspaper do you take in?你订什么报? 26. Our shop takes in twice as much money every day as it used to.我们商店每天的收入是过去的两倍。 27. The article takes in every aspect of the labour problem.这篇文章涉及了劳工问题的各个方面。 28. This is the total cost of the holiday,taking everything in.这是假期的总开支，包括了所有的费用。 29. They will take in the sights of the city tomorrow.他们明天将要游览这个城市的名胜。 30. We took in a few musicals in London.我们在伦敦观看了几场音乐剧。 31. The school takes in at nine and lets out at four.学校 9 点开始上课，4点放学。 32. The tourists took in the full beauty of the scenery.游客们充分领略这里的美景。 33. to take the situation in看清局势 34. I could hardly take in what the old man said.我几乎听不懂老人说了什么。 35. The students couldn't take in the lecture.学生们听不懂这个讲座。 36. He took the girl in with his story.他用一套谎言蒙骗了那个女孩。 37. I was badly taken in when I bought that second-hand television set.买那台二手的电视机让我上了大当。 38. The family started taking in boarders to make ends meet.为了维持生计，那家人开始接待寄宿者。 39. The homeless shelter takes in women and children.那家收容所收留妇女和儿童。 40. They agreed to take him in for the summer.他们同意夏季收留他。 41. taking in stray cats收留流浪猫 42. The police took him in for driving while drunk.他因醉驾被警方拘留了。 43. The suspects were taken in for questioning.嫌疑犯被带到警察局接受讯问。 44. He was taken in by a man who said he was collecting money for a charity.他被一个自称为慈善机构筹款的人骗了。 45. I lost weight and had to take in my pants.我瘦了，得把裤子改小。 46. I had to take them in at the waist.我只好把腰部改小。 47. The restaurant has been taking in [=(Brit) taking] thousands of dollars a night.那家餐厅一直都是一个晚上就进账数千美元。 48. They couldn't take enough money in to stay in business.他们赚不到足够的钱来维持生意。 49. She stood on the shore taking in the salty sea air.她站在岸上，呼吸着咸咸的海风。 50. We spent the hour talking and taking in the view.我们边聊天边欣赏风景，度过了一个小时的时间。 51. You'll have plenty of time to take in all the sights.你将有很多时间来欣赏所有的风景。 52. We paused to take in the situation.我们停下来了解情况。 53. It's hard to take all this information in at once.很难一下子把全部信息消化掉。 54. We need to take in all the options before making a decision.在做决定之前，我们需要了解所有的选项。 55. "If we have time after dinner, I thought maybe we could take in a movie."如果晚饭后有时间，我想我们可以去看场电影。 56. Our trip to New York City will take in several museums. = We will take in [=visit] several museums on our trip to New York City.我们的纽约之行包括参观几家博物馆。